Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A leather thong or strap used to fasten a shoe or sandal on the foot.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fish, Trigla cuculus, of the family Triglidæ, found on the west coast of Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea.
  • noun The strap or thong by which a shoe or sandal is fastened.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A thong or cord, especially one used to fasten a shoe.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a leather strap or thong used to attach a sandal or shoe to the foot

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English lachet, from Old French lacet, lachet, from lace, lace; see lace.]

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From Old French lachet, variant of lacet, diminutive of laz ("lace").

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Examples

  • The latchet was the thong by which the sandal was bound on the foot.

    The New Testament Commentary Vol. III: John 1886

  • The idolon exhibisces the seals of his orders: the starre of the Son of Heaven, the girtel of Izodella the Calot-tica, the cross of Michelides Apaleogos, the latchet of Jan of

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • His claim being admitted and registered, his Royal Highness having placed his foot upon a cushion, the Baron of Bradwardine, kneeling upon his right knee, proceeded to undo the latchet of the brogue, or low-heeled Highland shoe, which our gallant young hero wears in compliment to his brave followers.

    Waverley 2004

  • And I have been told, upon a sentinel at Rome, as he stood to guard the temple, burned the latchet of his shoe, and did no other harm; and several silver candlesticks lying in wooden boxes, the silver was melted while the boxes lay untouched.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

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  • A bad shoe can drive a man batshit.

    It shouldn’t be work to attach it.

    You needn’t bend over

    To put on a loafer.

    To hell with the laces and latchet!

    September 29, 2018