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

One day Jesus presented himself for baptism, and John saw in him one whose shoe's latchet he was not worthy to unloose.

From Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation by Correggio

There was some cabbage growing rather yellow and stale, some rocky biscuit, some vile coffee, some salt butter, and one delicious fish called a "latchet."

From A Dream of the North Sea by Runciman, James

To loosen the shoe latchet or sandal thong, or to carry the shoes of another, "was a menial office betokening great inferiority on the part of the person performing it."

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

The Arab obeyed, and returned in a few minutes, saying that he, the unworthy latchet of our shoes, had discovered them.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various