Lace-up means fastened by threading string through holes. Lace-up boots, a lace-up shoe, lace-up rather than slip-on.
It goes before the noun and describes the fastening rather than the shoe. Its opposites are slip-on and, for a boot, zip-up.
1adjectivelace-upFastened by threading string through holes.
“He wore heavy lace-up boots in all weathers.”
lace-up is a quality.
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