latchet

[ lach-it ]

noun

, Archaic.

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

latchet

/ ˈlætʃɪt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of latchet¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of latchet¹

C14: from Old French lachet, from las lace

Example Sentences

Why, man, there is not a man in this Plymouth settlement worthy of her latchets, nor in all England is there one too good for her, if half good enough!

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This diminutive ot or et is found in our language in such words as poppet, jacket, lancet, ballot, gibbet, target, gigot, chariot, latchet, pocket, ballet.

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Rubenius shewed my father how well they all fitted,—in what manner they laced on,—with what points, straps, thongs, latchets, ribbands, jaggs, and ends.———

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So let that door alone, nor lift the latchet; For if the bull gets out—why, then you'll catch it.

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"Unfit to kiss thy shoon's latchet, sweet—" "Yet hast untied the latchets of my heart."

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