bootlace

[US]/'buːtleɪs/
[UK]/'butles/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. un cordone o una striscia di cuoio per fissare un stivale
Word Forms
pluralebootlaces

Phrases & Collocations

tie your bootlace

allaccia il laccio dello scarponcino

loose bootlace

laccio dello scarponcino allentato

broken bootlace

laccio dello scarponcino rotto

Real-world Examples

In fact, although it was such a small shop it sold nearly everything—except a few things that you want in a hurry—like bootlaces, hair-pins and mutton chops.

Infatti, sebbene fosse un negozio così piccolo, vendeva quasi tutto, tranne poche cose che si desiderano avere in fretta, come lacci per gli stivali, fermagli per capelli e basette.

Source: Peter Rabbit and His Friends (Part 2)

What was the truth about these houses, for example, dim and festive now with their red windows in the dusk, but raw and red and squalid, with their sweets and their bootlaces, at nine o'clock in the morning?

Qual era la verità su queste case, ad esempio, ora fiacche e festive con le loro finestre rosse al crepuscolo, ma grezze, rosse e squallide, con le loro caramelle e i loro lacci per gli stivali, alle nove del mattino?

Source: A room of one's own.

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