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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OE.

lachet

, from an OF. dialect form of F.

lacet

plaited string, lace dim. of

lacs

. See

The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.

Noun.

[from latch.] The string that fastens a shoe. Mark 1.

latchet ‎(plural latchets)

(obsolete) A thong or cord, especially one used to fasten a shoe.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark I:
  a stronger than I commeth after me, whos shue latchett I am not worthy to stoupe doune and unlose.