LekhoriLekhoriThe string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace.
Your shoestring is untied.
An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1).
Chiefly in on a shoestring: very little money; a tight budget.
He was able to organize the event on a shoestring.
Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player's shoes.
To tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).
To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).
We didn't score in our half of the eighth, but it was only because Ernie's line drive was shoestringed by the Giant left fielder, with Rusty Howarth on second.
The noun is derived from shoe + string. The adjective is derived from the noun, while the verb is derived from terms such as shoestring catch and shoestring tackle.
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