aglet
noun
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
aglets
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pluralof aglet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Finish off your sneaker with your choice of laces, varnish, and even the aglets, the metal pieces at the end of the laces.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022
Some of the gaps were on telomeres, the caps at the ends of chromosomes that have often been compared to the aglets that protect the ends of shoelaces.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2022
Copper tubes called aglets were used in the 16th century to prevent wool laces from unraveling.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2015
Dr. Ronald DePinho was interested in telomeres, structures that cap the tips of chromosomes like aglets do the end of shoelaces.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 5, 2015
Pretending to be the Old Hermit of the Szythian Mountains, a man with missing teeth exclaimed over the exquisite footwear of his neighbors and fluttered his fingers along their buckles and aglets.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
