Shoestring

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

  Shoestring \Shoe"string`\, n.
     1. same as {shoelace}.
        [PJC]
  
     2. a sum of money, inadequate or barely adequate for the
        purpose to which it is put to use; as, to start up an
        enterprise on a shoestring.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shoestring
       n 1: a lace used for fastening shoes [syn: {shoelace}, {shoe lace},
             {shoe string}]
       2: a small amount of money; "he managed it on a shoestring"
          [syn: {shoe string}]