Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
What about the strings on a фартук ("apron") -- would they be шнурки or тесьмы or ленты or what? (They're nearly always "strings" in English -- as in the idioms "to be tied to one's mother's apron strings", and "to cut the apron strings", both often used by a wife whose husband is totally under his mom's control...)
Шнурок normally has round cross-section and is a separate object. Often it is attached to the cloth with a special hole reinforced with metal.