Tittle



         


The tittle is the small plastic bit on the end of your shoe lace.

It was invented in 1899 but was not widley produced until the 20th century when it was used on the boots given to service-men in World War One. By 1931 it was being produced by many cobblers in many different countries.


A tittle is also a small diacritic mark, such as an accent, vowel mark, or dot over an i.





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