Meanings
- not comparableWearing a boot or boots.
a booted foot
2 more examples
1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 142, They that are booted are not always ready.
He was hatted, booted, overcoated, and umbrellaed, as became a person who was about to expose himself to the night and the storm on an errand of charity […]
1892, Ambrose Bierce, “The Applicant,” in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians), New York: Gordian Press, 1966Synonyms: bebooted
- USnot comparableHaving a wheel clamp, also known as a boot, on one or multiple tyres.
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of boot
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWearing a boot or boots.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*bautaną
- Frankish*bautander.?
- Old Frenchbote
- Middle Englishbote
- Englishboot
- Englishbooted
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with booted
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