Knotted in advance
Pretied describes something tied in advance, ready for use without requiring the wearer or user to tie it themselves: a pretied bow tie, pretied shoelaces for kids.
The term appears most often with neckwear—pretied ties clip or hook on rather than needing to be knotted.
Cord securing footwear
convenience · ready-made · fastened · secured · loop · knot · Windsor · cravat · clip-on · formal wear
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Knotted in advance
Pretied describes something tied in advance, ready for use without requiring the wearer or user to tie it themselves: a pretied bow tie, pretied shoelaces for kids.
The term appears most often with neckwear—pretied ties clip or hook on rather than needing to be knotted.
1. sensename — shoelace, Cord securing footwear; ribbon (Slender ornamental strip); gift wrap (Decorative package covering); package (Wrapped item for delivery); convenience · ready-made · fastened · secured · loop · knot · Windsor · cravat · clip-on · formal wear
fastening methodpretied ≠ untied Released from binding; hand-tied · unknotted · loose · unfastened · four-in-hand
tie, tied, ties, untie, untied, unties, retie, reties, retying
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/pretied