bootlacenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbuːt.leɪs/us/ˈbuːt.leɪs/a long, thin string or strip of leather used to fasten boots
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Shoes
- ankle boot
- ballet shoe
- Birkenstock
- bootstrap
- bovver boots
- brogue
- high heels
- high-top
- hobnail boot
- insole
- instep
- jackboot
- shoelace
- shoestring
- shoetree
- skyscraper heels
- slingbacks
- spat
- welly
- whitening
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Examples from literature
- Everything she wore, down to her boots and even her bootlaces so neatly threaded and knotted, was mysterious and provocative.
- He got his bootlaces hopelessly into knots.
- Mr. Twist tied his bootlaces with such annoyance that he got them into knots.
- Note the fine details revealed, down to the metal tags of the bootlace and the nails in the heel of the boot.
- With the hairpin one could easily make a fair fish-hook—and with a bootlace or a good hemp cord one could make a rabbit snare.