Shoelace

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shoelace \Shoe"lace\, n.
     a length of cord for tying the upper parts of a shoe
     together. Commercial shoelaces usually come in different
     lengths, and have each end confined in a narrow plastic tube
     for convenience in inserting the cords through the holes in a
     shoe upper. Also called {shoestring}.


     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shoelace
       n : a lace used for fastening shoes [syn: {shoe lace}, {shoestring},
            {shoe string}]