1. A lace used for fastening shoes
   "He stopped to tie his shoestring before continuing his run";
   - shoelace, shoe lace, shoe string
    
2. A small amount of money
   "he managed it on a shoestring";
   - shoe string

Derived forms: shoe strings, shoestrings

Type of: lace, lacing, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity

Part of: shoe

Encyclopedia: Shoestring