lacelessadj.
/ˈleɪslᵻs/, U.S. /ˈleɪslᵻs/ Without a lace or laces; now esp. of a pair of shoes.
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a1747 T. Chubb Remarks on Script. in Posthumous Wks. (1748) I. 33 Supposing an horizontal hat and laceless apparel may be characteristicks of a Quaker.
1841 New Sporting Mag. Aug. 92 Faded and laceless hussar jackets.
1891 Preston Guardian 4 July 8/2 Mr. R. G. Barlow..has patented a laceless football with a self-closing bladder.
1922 Everybody's Nov. 60/2 Socks sagged down over a pair of broken tan shoes, laceless and large.
2012 New Yorker 18 June 42/2 He came bounding in wearing a fitted black button-down shirt, designer jeans, and laceless Converse sneakers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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