aglet

Examples

• The plastic aglet kept the shoelace from fraying.
• She pinched a metal aglet onto the end of the hoodie cord.
• Without an aglet, the lace would not slide through the eyelet.
• The repair kit included clear aglets for worn-out shoelaces.
• A bright red aglet matched the trim on the sneakers.
• The drawstring lost its aglet in the wash.
• Factory machines wrap plastic around each lace end to form an aglet.

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Examples

• The museum displayed a copper-alloy aglet from a seventeenth-century garment.
• Silver aglets decorated the ribbons on the ceremonial dress.
• The tailor used an aglet to finish the point that tied the sleeve.
• Old portraits often show aglets shining at the ends of laces.
• The uniform's braided cord ended in polished metal aglets.
• Archaeologists found a rolled metal aglet with traces of the original tie.
• In costume notes, aglet may mean a decorative pendant rather than a shoelace tip.

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