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

And he preached, saying, There cometh after me He that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.

A poor weakling, who had never been worthy to unloose the latchet of her shoe!

From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip

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

There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

From Jesus of Nazareth, A Biography, by John Mark by