Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A leather thong or strap used to fasten a shoe or sandal on the foot.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The strap or thong by which a shoe or sandal is fastened.
- n. A fish, Trigla cuculus, of the family Triglidæ, found on the west coast of Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a leather strap or thong used to attach a sandal or shoe to the foot
Etymologies
- From Old French lachet, variant of lacet, diminutive of laz ("lace"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English lachet, from Old French lacet, lachet, from lace, lace; see lace. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The latchet was the thong by which the sandal was bound on the foot.”
“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”
“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:”
“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:”
“He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Blessed be life and earth and sky, blessed be my enemies; in this hour I will be gracious to my bitterest enemy, and bind the latchet of his shoe ...”
“And then a cry comes down, and she nods; Axel, maybe, or maybe the hill-folk, devils — anyway, something to sniff and scent and find — to worm out the meaning of it all, the wisdom of the Almighty with the dark and the forest in the hollow of His hand — and He would never harm Oline, that was not worthy to unloose the latchet of His shoes ...”
“Who had a blind faith in the lofty destiny of his friends? who extolled them with pride? who championed them with angry vehemence? who was innocent of envy as of vanity? who was ready for the most disinterested self-sacrifice? who eagerly gave way to men who were not worthy to untie his latchet? ...”
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