button hook
Victorian dressing aid
A button hook is a small tool with a hook on one end, used to pull buttons through buttonholes—especially useful for the tiny buttons on gloves, shoes, and the back of dresses common in earlier eras.
In American football, a button hook is a pass route where the receiver runs downfield, then abruptly turns back toward the quarterback: He ran a button hook and caught the ball at the ten-yard line.
- buttonhookTool for fastening shoes
- fastenerSecures things together
- laceOpen-weave ornamental fabric
- lace upFasten with cords
- VictorianOf a prim era
boots · gloves · clasp · eyelet · corset · antique · dressing · getting dressed · loop · fasten · shoe · shoe horn · leather · metal · vintage · clothing · sewing notions · receiver
- assistive deviceswheelchair, glasses, wheelchairs, eyeglasses, walkers
- hooksfishhook, gaff
- SWATSWAT, tactical team, entry team, ballistic shield, battering ram
- Victorian antiquesbustle, corset, bonnet, cravat, waistcoat
- vintage accessoriespocket watch, monocle, parasol, fan, lorgnette
- receiver routesslant, post, corner, out, in
button hookfly route
Straight downfield pass pattern
fade route · post route · streak · slant
button hookzipper pull
Grip on sliding fastener
zipper · snap fastener · lace-up · buckle
button, hook, buttons, buttoned, buttoning, unbutton, unbuttoned, unbuttoning, hooks