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‖ bota|ˈbota|
[Sp.]
1. A small leather bottle for holding wine.
1832W. Irving Alhambra 20 His bota, or leathern bottle, which was of portly dimensions, filled to the neck with choice Valdepeñas wine. 1923Blackw. Mag. Aug. 180/2 The bota was unslung, and we all toasted one another in tarry wine. 1940E. Hemingway For whom Bell Tolls xxi. 267 Give me the bota with wine.
2. A boot, esp. for riding. U.S.
1834A. Pike Prose Sk. & Poems 138 The men with their pantalones of cloth,..the botas of striped and embroidered leather. 1901Out West June 481 She..looked up..at the pretty red-stained botas studded with silver buttons. 1967‘La Meri’ Sp. Dancing (ed. 2) 149 Botas, Spanish dancing boots, male. |