shoelace

[ shoo-leys ]

noun

1. a string or lace for fastening a shoe.

shoelace

/ ˈʃuːˌleɪs /

noun

1. a cord or lace for fastening shoes

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoelace¹

First recorded in 1640–50; shoe + lace

Example Sentences

Verlander threw sliders at the Mariners’ belt buckles, curveballs over their shoelaces and a general helping of high heat.

From FiveThirtyEight

“If my shoelace comes untied, or if my angle is just one degree off, or if I’m fatigued, I won’t get anywhere close to that top speed,” speed skydiver Kyle Lobpries told the Times.

From Outside Online

Telomeres are the caps on the ends of DNA strands, similar to the caps on shoelaces.

From Time

When migrants are taken into CBP custody, their shoelaces, belts and other possessions are confiscated.

From Time

During the course of a weekend in April, the co-founders of The Sidewalk School, Rangel-Samponaro and Victor Cavazos, handed out dozens of shoelaces to migrants living at Embajadores.

From Time

Unlike the wrist-only Jawbone Up or Fitbit, the shoelace clip helps it recognize almost any movement.

From The Daily Beast

Amiigo is a wrist and shoelace hardware combo, paired a smartphone app that crunches movement data in the cloud.

From The Daily Beast

They drove to his home in South Los Angeles and had sex but shortly thereafter, he attempted to strangle her with a shoelace.

From The Daily Beast

He had hanged himself with 550 cord, an all-purpose green string that looks like a shoelace and can hold 550 pounds.

From The Daily Beast

Dr. Quink bent over and tied his shoelace once or twice before he replied.

From Project Gutenberg

On the driver's seat one's feet were on the shafts and one had a view of every rag and shoelace the harness was patched with.

From Project Gutenberg

One leg was thrown over the other knee, and the long, nervous fingers of the right hand played with the shoelace.

From Project Gutenberg

Rick balanced on one leg, one hand on Scotty's shoulder, the other hand fumbling with the shoelace on his lifted foot.

From Project Gutenberg

While Urquhart was playing his shoelace became loosened, and he stooped to tie it.

From Project Gutenberg

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