latchet

American  

[lach-it] / ˈlætʃ ɪt /

noun

Archaic.

1. a strap or lace used to fasten a shoe.

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latchet British  

/ ˈlætʃɪt /

noun

1. archaic a shoe fastening, such as a thong or lace

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Etymology

Origin of latchet

1300–50; Middle English lachet < Middle French, dialectal variant of lacet. See lace, -et

Example Sentences

And perhaps, if the deep truth of that symbolism strikes home, he will doff his hat in salutation to a man the latchet of whose shoes he is unworthy to unloose.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the midst of you standeth One whom ye know not, even He that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

From John the Baptist by Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)

There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

From Jesus of Nazareth, A Biography, by John Mark by

And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

From The Social Principles of Jesus by Rauschenbusch, Walter

To see him thus after five weary years; to be so near him, and yet unable to touch even the latchet of his shoes, or to hear his voice calling my name.

From A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales by Rives, Amélie