Hypertext Webster Gateway: "latchet"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Latchet
a thong (Acts 22:25), cord, or strap fastening the sandal on the
foot (Isa. 5:27; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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