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Definition of Bootlace
1. Noun. A long lace for fastening boots.
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
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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