What are the tips of shoelaces called?
The plastic or metal sleeves at the end of shoelaces are called Aglets (or "Aiglets"). The word "aglet" (or "aiglet") comes from Old French "aguillette" (or "aiguillette"), which is the diminutive of "aguille" (or "aiguilee"), meaning "needle". They prevent the lace ends from fraying, they make the laces easier to hold, and they make them easier to pass through the eyelets.
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dsneed
I can remember threading shoelaces without aglets and using spit to hold the strands together to get them through the eyelets. Yay me.
Helen Anderson
sorry philrea they are called aglets here in Australia. Eyelet is the hole the shoelaces go through.
JRW
Goochy, tablets are what I've just taken with my coffee! I've never heard tablet applied to shoelaces in my 70+ years living in Aus!
Armadillo
Cheryl Perkins, My dad was a cobbler.
Armadillo
James Lovatt, I love that. I am a big crossword and word search fan.
Akeel1701
I see that word and the song plays in my head lol
Orlando Giménez
In México they are known as "agujetas".
Goochy
I'm in Australia, and the tags at the end of laces are tablets, eyelets are the holes they go through. For goodness sake.
Donna Smith
Got the correct answer.
Cheryl McMeekin
Got it
allysweets
Thankyou Howard Groopman, I learned that today 🙏
littledick
Finally, something I actually knew.
dsneed
tesla alset,
Oops! That's more than a typo, my dear.
james parrillo
Cheryl Perkins, You are a gifted quiz taker and management material. That is wonderful. I would gladly work for you, except as a cashier, than manage a store of my own. Thank you, Christine, James's wife
james parrillo
Tom Seigo, My great uncle came from Italy. He worked as a cobbler when my father was younger. I do not think he was working when I knew him. My father used to help in his shop and mentioned resoling the shoes. From Ellis Island, he came to Elizabeth, New Jersey. Thank you, Christine, James's wife