aglet
/ˈaɡlɪt
/noun
A metal or plastic tube fixed round each end of a shoelace.The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets....
- And that the ends of our shoelaces are called aglets.
- A random search by CFO magazine recently uncovered E-tail sites hawking pipe cleaners, arugula seeds, and aglets (those little plastic things on the ends of shoelaces).
Origin
Late Middle English: from French aiguillette 'small needle', diminutive of aiguille (see aiguille).
- superhumanly
- superhumanness
- Conn.
- Connacht
- connate
- connatural
- connaturally
- Connaught
- connect
- connectable
- connectedly
- connectedness
- Connecticut
- Connecticut River
- connecting rod
- connection
- connectional
- connectionism
- connectionist
- connective
- connective tissue
- connectivity
- connector
- connect time
- Connemara