lace-up

noun

: a shoe or boot that is fastened with laces

a pair of lace-ups

—often used before another noun

lace-up boots/shoes

Examples of lace-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To keep your witch costume fashionably chic, pointy-toe black lace-up boots or pumps are the perfect finishing touch. — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026

Lipa forwent the softer runway styling, and toughened up the ladylike silhouette with a pair of towering, lace-up black leather knee-high boots by Le Silla. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026

But even if his sweaty, sockless feet had been sloshing around in the lace-up shoes, Skarsgård’s metallic gold suit, also by Saint Laurent, served as a shiny distraction. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Oct. 2026

The icon, 68, wore a piece from her original Confessions on a Dance Floor era—her lace-up Saint Laurent boots. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for lace-up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup