1. a small sheath, typically made of plastic or metal, covering the end of a shoelace

Examples

• The aglet on my shoelace broke off.
• Without the aglet, the shoelace began to fray.
• She replaced the worn aglets on her sneakers.
• The plastic aglet made it easier to thread the lace through the eyelets.
• Most people don’t know that the tip of a shoelace is called an aglet.
• The aglet prevents the shoelace from unraveling.