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lace-up

[ leys-uhp ]

noun

  1. anything that laces up, especially a boot with shoelaces that lace up from the vamp to the top of the boot.


adjective

  1. having a lace that is laced up as a closure:

    a lace-up blouse.

lace up

verb

  1. tr, adverb to tighten or fasten (clothes or footwear) with laces
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. (of footwear) to be fastened with laces
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a lace-up shoe or boot
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lace-up1

First recorded in 1830–40; noun and adj. use of verb phrase lace up
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Example Sentences

More items came in time, as funding was available, like a slit-and-lace-up jacket and a line of boxer underwear.

The mankles themselves were sandwiched between patterned capri pants and lace-up loafers fit for a 90's school girl.

That meant liquid embroidered metallics, satin lace-up skirts – and even a tweed bikini.

But Logan and the Hartnett Fancy soon have bigger things to worry about than which pair of wingtips to lace up.

Cherrie accepted the offer, rolled her lace up in a copy of the "Speckport Spouter," and started on her homeward journey.

The heavier lace-up boot came in during the fifties, and a very shaped type of fashion appeared in the sixties.

She would have liked to have slipped out of her boots and wriggled her toes but they were too hard to lace up again.

He opened the door a little, and pulled in his lace-up boots, which were polished in the highest style of art.

I could have cried, I was so vexed; but I determined I would not give the lace up without a struggle for it.

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