bootee

plural bootees · alternative bootie

1. A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.

   Take off the baby's bootees before you put her in the crib.

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   ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’

   1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

2. A thick sock worn under a wetsuit.
3. An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.

   Surgeons often slip on bootees before entering the operating room.

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   Just above the Sunset Strip, construction workers in white bootees were putting the final touches on another home — a 14,000-square-foot house that Mr. Niami is building for himself.

   2017 December 23, Candace Jackson, “Who Wants to Buy the Most Expensive House in America?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN