1. the plastic or metal tips on the ends of shoelaces that prevent fraying and make threading easier

Examples

• The aglets on my sneakers have worn off from years of use.
• Without aglets, shoelaces become frayed and difficult to thread through eyelets.
• She replaced the broken aglets with new plastic tips.
• The aglets help guide the laces through the shoe holes smoothly.
• Most people don’t know that the plastic tips on shoelaces are called aglets.
• The aglets prevented the laces from unraveling at the ends.