Crossword clues for latchet
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Latchet \Latch"et\, n. [OE. lachet, from an OF. dialect form of F. lacet plaited string, lace dim. of lacs. See Lace.] The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) A thong or cord, especially one used to fasten a shoe.
Wikipedia
Latchet means the following:
- Pterygotrigla polyommata, a sea robin, a fish species in the genus Pterygotrigla
- a thong, cord or strap fastening the sandal on the foot
Usage examples of "latchet".
Paphnutius, I am not worthy to unloose the latchet of thy sandals, and my sins are as countless as the sands of the desert.
I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.
I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
As one of the first of vocal artists, whose voice was superbly trained and was preserved to the end of his life, I have had to pay to Wachtel the tribute of the most complete admiration and recognition, in contrast to many others who thought themselves greater than he, and yet were not worthy to unloose the latchet of his shoes.
These last were more use than latchets, which in the boggy ground could be sucked clean off your feet.
Still, at thought that sometime during the day now close at hand he was to see the last of this woman who had stood there before him in his cabin, with dark eyes looking into his, with eager, oval face upturned to his, with all that glory of lustrous hair a flood about her shoulders, something unknown, unwonted, fingered at the latchets of his heart.
She wore upon her feet shaggy calf-skin shoes, with long, tough latchets, upon the ends of which there were large brass buttons.
I commissioned him to make for me various pairs of indoor sandals, street shoes latcheted in the Scythian manner and a petasus hat for winter wear.
Even the most grandiose mythic characters—if they are flesh and blood—do have to worry about the latchets on sandals.
His hose were green and of the finest silk, and on his feet he wore shoes of white doeskin, and the latchets were of gold.