Aglet (noun)
ag-let
A metal or plastic tube fixed tightly round each end of a shoelace.
Late Middle English from French aiguillette ‘small needle’, diminutive of aiguille (see aiguille).
Example sentences
“Once they lose the aglets, it’s so hard to rethread!”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
