Definition of Bootlace

1. Noun. A long lace for fastening boots.

Group relationships: Boot
Generic synonyms: Lace, Lacing

Definition of Bootlace

1. Noun. A long lace for fastening boots. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bootlace

1. a shoelace [n -S] - See also: shoelace

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bootlace

boothose
booths
boothy
bootie
booties
bootiful
bootikin
bootikins
bootilicious
booting
booting up
bootjack
bootjacked
bootjacking
bootjacks
bootlace (current term)
bootlaces
bootlast
bootlasts
bootle
bootleg
bootlegged
bootlegger
bootlegger reverse
bootlegger reverses
bootleggers
bootlegging
bootlegs
bootles
bootless

Literary usage of Bootlace

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The "Flower of Gloster," by Ernest Temple Thurston (1911)
"XX THE SPARE bootlace WE had left Cropredy a little more than an hour, when Eynsham Harry stood still upon the tow-path and pointed across the meadows to ..."

2. The Man of Iron by Richard Dehan (1915)
"By the tin crucifix dependent from a leather bootlace round his neck, you could tell that he tried to make the sacred Sign. Then his eyes rolled up, ..."

3. The Yellow Book (1896)
"Moreover, I was still wanting my bootlace. This was a poor sort of a beginning to a day that, so far as outside conditions went, ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1897)
"“Little girl,” said the representative of the Crown, “your bootlace is hanging in the dust, and requires attention; will you oblige me by fastening it, ..."

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