Home › Entities › general › point

point

woven, braided, or leather laces with metal tags or aglets on their ends, used in the Medieval and Early Modern periods for fastening clothing or attaching armour pieces, or as decoration
Thing general Q1978410
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

point

Summary

Key Facts

  • point is made of silk[1].
  • point is made of leather[2].
  • point is made of ribbon[3].
  • point is a type of lacing[4].
  • point's Commons category is recorded as Points (laces)[5].
  • +1300-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of point[6].
  • point's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • point's fabrication method is recorded as fingerloop braiding[8].
  • point dates from the Middle Ages[9].
  • point dates from the early modern period[10].
  • point's has part is recorded as aglet[11].

Body

Definition and Type

point is a type of lacing[4].

Origins

+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of point[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c. 450-1450. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c. 450-1450. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c. 450-1450. wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c. 450-1450. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c. 450-1450. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c. 450-1450. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). point. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/point-q1978410
MLA “point.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/point-q1978410.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_point-q1978410_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{point}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/point-q1978410}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): point — https://4ort.xyz/entity/point-q1978410 (retrieved 2026-05-07)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/point-q1978410 · Last refreshed: