latchet noun¹. ['latʃɪt] LME.
[Old French lachet var. of lacet, from laz LACE noun: see -ET¹.]
1. A narrow strip of something; a loop. Now only (Scot.), a loop of string used to keep a bricklayer's line horizontal; a tingle. LME.

2. spec. A narrow thong or lace for fastening a shoe or sandal. Now arch. (esp. in allusion to Mark 1:7) & dial. LME.
Bible (AV): Mark 1:7 There commeth one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shooes I am not worthy to stoupe downe, and vnloose.

3. Nautical. = LASKET. L15-E17.

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latchet noun². ['latʃɪt] Also latchett. L19.
[Origin unkn.]
The European red gurnard, Aspitrigla cuculus. Also (Austral.), a flying gurnard, Pterygotrigla polyommata.

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