bootlace

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

Translation

n. een koord of leren strip voor het vastmaken van een laars
Word Forms
Pluralbootlaces

Phrases & Collocations

tie your bootlace

bind je veter

loose bootlace

losse veter

broken bootlace

gebroken veter

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.

Inderdaad, hoewel het zo'n kleine winkel was, verkocht het bijna alles - behalve een paar dingen die je haast hebt nodig - zoals veter, haarspelden en baardvlechtingen.

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?

Wat was de waarheid over deze huizen, bijvoorbeeld, nu gedimd en feestelijk met hun rode ramen in de schemering, maar ruw en rood en erbarmelijk, met hun snoepjes en hun veters, om negen uur 's ochtends?

Source: A room of one's own.

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