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The plastic/metal tip that is on the end of shoelaces is called an Aglet.
They're called aglets.
These are called aglets.
A loafer.
eyelet?
the plastic ends of shoe laces are called "aglets"
The plastic tips on shoe are called the AGLET.
They are aglets.
Aglets.
Those are eyelets.
The stuff can be metal or plastic, but the word for the thing itself is an aglet - that little piece which stops the laces from unravelling.
In England In 1790 as the shoe laces we know of now but shoe laces have been in use since 7000bc, if not further by tying a leather cord into the shoe.