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 The strap or thong by which a shoe or sandal is fastened.
- noun A fish, Trigla cuculus, of the family Triglidæ, found on the west coast of Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea.
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 orcord , especially one used to fasten ashoe .
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
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Examples
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The latchet was the thong by which the sandal was bound on the foot.
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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
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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:
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He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
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He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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
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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.
qms commented on the word latchet
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