† free-bootn.

Forms: see free adj., n., and adv. and boot n.²

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or perhaps (ii) a borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: free adj., boot n.²; Dutch vrijbuit.

Etymology: Either < free adj. + boot n.², after freebooter n., or perhaps directly < Dutch vrijbuit (see freebooter n.). Compare earlier freeboot v.

Obsolete.

Plunder, robbery.In quot. 1663: (apparently) something obtained by plundering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [noun]

trailbaston1304

brigantaille1393

latrocinyc1430

brigancy1513

free-boot1598

freebootinga1599

brigandize1609

latronage1619

free-booty1649

moss-trooping1649

buccaneering1758

dacoiting1802

gang robbery1812

dacoity1813

free-bootery1813

brigandage1823

bush-ranging1832

mosstroopery1845

filibustering1856

klephtism1858

robberhood1863

brigandism1865

Vikingism1880

bushwhackerism1883

Vikingship1883

banditism1885

dacoitage1887

brigandry1909

banditry1922

1598 True Newes from Mecare sig. A2 They vowed in this saly of free boot to reuenge themselues at full.

1615 R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia 8 We..burned in that verie place some forty houses, and of the things we found therein, made freeboote and pillage.

1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. vi. lxxviii. f. 149^v The Swed free boot: Dane Dice and Drink approved.

1663 R. Stapleton Slighted Maid iv. 56 I'l pack up my free-boot: Remember an hour hence, in the close Walk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	free-boot
释义	† free-bootn. Forms: see free adj., n., and adv. and boot n.² Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or perhaps (ii) a borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: free adj., boot n.²; Dutch vrijbuit. Etymology: Either < free adj. + boot n.², after freebooter n., or perhaps directly < Dutch vrijbuit (see freebooter n.). Compare earlier freeboot v. Obsolete. Plunder, robbery.In quot. 1663: (apparently) something obtained by plundering. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [noun] trailbaston1304 brigantaille1393 latrocinyc1430 brigancy1513 free-boot1598 freebootinga1599 brigandize1609 latronage1619 free-booty1649 moss-trooping1649 buccaneering1758 dacoiting1802 gang robbery1812 dacoity1813 free-bootery1813 brigandage1823 bush-ranging1832 mosstroopery1845 filibustering1856 klephtism1858 robberhood1863 brigandism1865 Vikingism1880 bushwhackerism1883 Vikingship1883 banditism1885 dacoitage1887 brigandry1909 banditry1922 1598 True Newes from Mecare sig. A2 They vowed in this saly of free boot to reuenge themselues at full. 1615 R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia 8 We..burned in that verie place some forty houses, and of the things we found therein, made freeboote and pillage. 1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. vi. lxxviii. f. 149^v The Swed free boot: Dane Dice and Drink approved. 1663 R. Stapleton Slighted Maid iv. 56 I'l pack up my free-boot: Remember an hour hence, in the close Walk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1598
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