Dictionary

aiglet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈeɪ.ɡlɛt/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French aiguillette (“needle”), diminutive of aiguille.

Meanings

1. A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice.
   • Buckles and agglettes at vnwares, ſhall race his bowe, a thinge both euill for the fight, & perillous for freatinge. 1545, Roger Ascham, “The Seconde Booke”, in Toxophilus, the Schole, or Partitions of Shooting […], [new] edition, London: […] Thomas Marshe, published 1571, →OCLC, folio 38, recto:
2. An ornament worn on clothing, consisting of a metal tag on a fringe, or a small metallic plate or spangle.
   • a silken Camus […] Which all aboue besprinckled was throughout, / With golden aygulets, that glistred bright 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
3. The cover at the tip of a shoelace, to prevent it from fraying.
   • The aiglet of the shoelace passes through each grommet.

Forms

Holonyms

shoelace

Translations (39)

tr aglet (tip on a ribbon or cord) · no egiett (tip on a ribbon or cord) · uk аксельбант (tip on a ribbon or cord) · gl ferrete (tip on a ribbon or cord) · cs návlečka (tip on a ribbon or cord) · fr ferret (tip on a ribbon or cord) · ko 에글릿 (tip on a ribbon or cord) · es herrete (tip on a ribbon or cord) · nl nestel (tip on a ribbon or cord) · hi अगलेट (tip on a ribbon or cord) · es cabete (tip on a ribbon or cord) · nl malie (tip on a ribbon or cord) · hu cipőfűző fémvége (tip on a ribbon or cord) · sv dubb (tip on a ribbon or cord) · uk ошнурівка (tip on a ribbon or cord) · ro eghilet (tip on a ribbon or cord) · pl aglet (tip on a ribbon or cord) · bg накрайник (tip on a ribbon or cord) · ca capçat (tip on a ribbon or cord) · ru писто́нчик (tip on a ribbon or cord) · ms aglet (tip on a ribbon or cord) · fr aiglet (tip on a ribbon or cord) · pl skuwka (tip on a ribbon or cord) · id aglet (tip on a ribbon or cord) · hu fémvég (tip on a ribbon or cord) · pt ponteira (tip on a ribbon or cord) · it puntale (tip on a ribbon or cord) · ru эгле́т (tip on a ribbon or cord) · pt agulheta (tip on a ribbon or cord) · ar فوهة (tip on a ribbon or cord) · fi nauhanpää (tip on a ribbon or cord) · ru наконе́чник шнурка́ (tip on a ribbon or cord) · es gabete (tip on a ribbon or cord) · fr aglet (tip on a ribbon or cord) · vi aglet (tip on a ribbon or cord) · da snørebåndsdup (tip on a ribbon or cord) · ja アグレット (tip on a ribbon or cord) · uk пістончики (tip on a ribbon or cord) · de Pinke (tip on a ribbon or cord)