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latch⋅et

  [lach-it]
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–noun Archaic.
a strap or lace used to fasten a shoe.
Origin:
1300–50; ME lachet < MF, dial. var. of lacet. See lace, -et
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latch·et   (lāch'ĭt)   
n.  A leather thong or strap used to fasten a shoe or sandal on the foot.

[Middle English lachet, from Old French lacet, lachet, from lace, lace; see lace.]
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Bible Dictionary

Latchet

a thong (Acts 22:25), cord, or strap fastening the sandal on the foot (Isa. 5:27; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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