jackbootn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒakbuːt/, U.S.

/ˈdʒækˌbut/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Jack n.², boot n.³; jack n.¹, boot n.³

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) < Jack n.² + boot n.³, or perhaps (ii) < jack n.¹ + boot n.³

1. A large strong boot worn chiefly by soldiers which covers all or most of the lower leg, sometimes reaching above the knee.The term is most commonly used to denote a tall reinforced boot reaching above the knee, often with wings projecting around the sides for protection, of the type widely worn by (heavy) cavalry regiments in the 17th and 18th centuries, or (in later use) a shorter durable boot reaching above the mid-calf of the type worn by German soldiers in the Second World War (1939–45).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > heavy or strong > jack-boot

jackboot1686

ankle-jack1800

jack1801

1686 London Gaz. No. 2182/4 He had a light bob Periwig..and a pair of Jack-Boots.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 435. ¶6 Should they meet a Man on Horseback, in his Breeches and Jack-Boots.

1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris i. 20 When I hunt with the King..I'll on with my Jemmys; none of your black Bags and Jack Boots for me.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 17 A meagre but fiery postilion, who with tremendous jack-boots and cocked hat was floundering on before him.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 416 The cavalry have Wellingtons and jackboots.

1955 Times 13 June 8/5 There were jackboots to be seen, iron crosses were pinned to the pockets of a few green shirts.

2007 S. Everingham Wild Ride i. i. 7 Trousers were stuffed inside high jackboots.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts, as a symbol of military oppression, authoritarian rule, or (more generally) bullying tactics or intimidation.Frequently associated with German militarism and authoritarianism in the first half of the 20th century.

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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > military oppression

jackboot1768

zabernism1916

1768 J. Mordaunt Let. 10 May in E. Hamilton Mordaunts (1965) ix. 215 Some insults were offer'd to some of the Lords & Commons in their Coaches as they went down with a Cry of Wilkes & Liberty & no Jack Boot.

1853 Times 28 Mar. 6/3 The partisans of the great League between the Confessor and the Corporal, which offers Freedom the alternative of being stifled with the frock of the priest or crushed beneath the jackboot of the trooper.

1896 Tablet 1 Feb. 178/1 They had shown lately that, they were not going to be trampled under the jack-boot of any nation in their foreign policy.

1915 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 418/1 The trampling of the smaller peoples of Europe beneath the jackboot of Prussian militarism.

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 2 May 36 Either the British way shall survive or the Nazi jackboot and whip shall take its place.

1968 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 26 Oct. 36 The writers' trials and the jackboot on Prague have made it quite clear that Brezhnev and Kosygin's views on liberalism are akin to Stalin's.

1985 S. Afr. Digest 29 Nov. 1107/3 White employers who tend to believe that the only way to talk to workers is by using the jackboot.

2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Dec. Whether the emerging shoots of egalitarianism in this country will be stomped out by the jackboot of revitalized authoritarianism.

Compounds

†C1. attributive, with the sense ‘reminiscent of a jackboot, esp. in strength or durability’. Obsolete.

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1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World II. i. 10 Perhaps the grum sort of Readers will find fault with't for that very cause; they must have somewhat sowerer and stiffer to humour their Jackboot-Judgments;—something that will bear reading a hundred times over without ever growing thread-bare.

1787 Public Advertiser 5 July Would one of the champions, instead of screening himself under that jack-boot signature, Cassandra, which, right or wrong, has been so often adopted, honestly dare to affix his proper appellation.

C2. General attributive and objective (in sense 1), as jackboot leather, jackboot heel, jackboot-maker, etc.

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1732 J. Guthrie Ordinary of Newgate, his Acct. No. 4. 8 Edward Wentland.., born in Westminster, of honest Parents, who..put him to a Jag-boot-maker.

1876 Iron 8 Apr. 451/2 Eighteen assorted pattern spurs, including a Life Guard spur, officers' jack boot spur, and race, steeple-chase and hunting spurs.

1892 J. L. Allen John Gray in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. June 686 Mr. Horatio Turpin,..cutting with a hickory switch at a huge spur on his jack-boot heel,..was especially warm over the affair.

1979 W. Kelley Tyree Legend xl. 360 You insist on pretending that everybody's made out of jackboot leather, like you are.

2012 A. J. Jacobs Drop Dead Healthy xvi. 232 I'm not going to pay for a bunch of new swastika flags and jackboot laces.

C3. attributive, with the sense ‘involving, characterized by, or otherwise associated with military oppression, authoritarian rule, or (more generally) bullying tactics or intimidation’.

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1865 Lancaster Gaz. 28 Jan. 1/2 The Berlin House of Common [sic] demur to this jack-boot manner of adjusting matters.

1910 Westm. Gaz. 14 Feb. 5/1 A large numerical majority..excluded from power and honour by a mere jack-boot minority.

1968 ‘R. Simons’ Death on Display vii. 105 He also objected strongly to what he called your jackboot methods when you interviewed Miss Hurd.

1970 Times 18 Mar. 26 This..attempt by the Government to bludgeon this Bill through with jackboot tactics.

2005 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 July 9 The same people who were as deafeningly silent about the jackboot oppression of the Saddam Hussein era as they were as deafeningly outraged that Saddam was removed by force.

Derivatives

ˈjackbooted adj.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing boots > types of

caligate1562

buskined1588

well booted1608

jackbooted1763

high-lowed1839

ankle-jacked1842

beetle-crushing1871

larriganed1904

gumbooted1930

1763 R. Lloyd in Beauties of all Mag. Sel. II. 489/1 Starting in the Classic race Jack booted for an Epic chace.

1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxii. 300 The clumsy look of a French jackbooted postilion.

1972 J. Rossiter Rope for General Dietz ii. 28 He stood..with his jackbooted legs apart..as if to underline what they'd done in the name of Nazi justice.

2016 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 24 Feb. a11 Military aircraft bombed the presidential palace and jackbooted soldiers filled the streets of Santiago.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	jackboot
释义	jackbootn. Brit. /ˈdʒakbuːt/, U.S. /ˈdʒækˌbut/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Jack n.², boot n.³; jack n.¹, boot n.³ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) < Jack n.² + boot n.³, or perhaps (ii) < jack n.¹ + boot n.³ 1. A large strong boot worn chiefly by soldiers which covers all or most of the lower leg, sometimes reaching above the knee.The term is most commonly used to denote a tall reinforced boot reaching above the knee, often with wings projecting around the sides for protection, of the type widely worn by (heavy) cavalry regiments in the 17th and 18th centuries, or (in later use) a shorter durable boot reaching above the mid-calf of the type worn by German soldiers in the Second World War (1939–45). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > heavy or strong > jack-boot jackboot1686 ankle-jack1800 jack1801 1686 London Gaz. No. 2182/4 He had a light bob Periwig..and a pair of Jack-Boots. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 435. ¶6 Should they meet a Man on Horseback, in his Breeches and Jack-Boots. 1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris i. 20 When I hunt with the King..I'll on with my Jemmys; none of your black Bags and Jack Boots for me. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 17 A meagre but fiery postilion, who with tremendous jack-boots and cocked hat was floundering on before him. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 416 The cavalry have Wellingtons and jackboots. 1955 Times 13 June 8/5 There were jackboots to be seen, iron crosses were pinned to the pockets of a few green shirts. 2007 S. Everingham Wild Ride i. i. 7 Trousers were stuffed inside high jackboots. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts, as a symbol of military oppression, authoritarian rule, or (more generally) bullying tactics or intimidation.Frequently associated with German militarism and authoritarianism in the first half of the 20th century. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > military oppression jackboot1768 zabernism1916 1768 J. Mordaunt Let. 10 May in E. Hamilton Mordaunts (1965) ix. 215 Some insults were offer'd to some of the Lords & Commons in their Coaches as they went down with a Cry of Wilkes & Liberty & no Jack Boot. 1853 Times 28 Mar. 6/3 The partisans of the great League between the Confessor and the Corporal, which offers Freedom the alternative of being stifled with the frock of the priest or crushed beneath the jackboot of the trooper. 1896 Tablet 1 Feb. 178/1 They had shown lately that, they were not going to be trampled under the jack-boot of any nation in their foreign policy. 1915 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 418/1 The trampling of the smaller peoples of Europe beneath the jackboot of Prussian militarism. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 2 May 36 Either the British way shall survive or the Nazi jackboot and whip shall take its place. 1968 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 26 Oct. 36 The writers' trials and the jackboot on Prague have made it quite clear that Brezhnev and Kosygin's views on liberalism are akin to Stalin's. 1985 S. Afr. Digest 29 Nov. 1107/3 White employers who tend to believe that the only way to talk to workers is by using the jackboot. 2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Dec. Whether the emerging shoots of egalitarianism in this country will be stomped out by the jackboot of revitalized authoritarianism. Compounds †C1. attributive, with the sense ‘reminiscent of a jackboot, esp. in strength or durability’. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World II. i. 10 Perhaps the grum sort of Readers will find fault with't for that very cause; they must have somewhat sowerer and stiffer to humour their Jackboot-Judgments;—something that will bear reading a hundred times over without ever growing thread-bare. 1787 Public Advertiser 5 July Would one of the champions, instead of screening himself under that jack-boot signature, Cassandra, which, right or wrong, has been so often adopted, honestly dare to affix his proper appellation. C2. General attributive and objective (in sense 1), as jackboot leather, jackboot heel, jackboot-maker, etc. ΚΠ 1732 J. Guthrie Ordinary of Newgate, his Acct. No. 4. 8 Edward Wentland.., born in Westminster, of honest Parents, who..put him to a Jag-boot-maker. 1876 Iron 8 Apr. 451/2 Eighteen assorted pattern spurs, including a Life Guard spur, officers' jack boot spur, and race, steeple-chase and hunting spurs. 1892 J. L. Allen John Gray in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. June 686 Mr. Horatio Turpin,..cutting with a hickory switch at a huge spur on his jack-boot heel,..was especially warm over the affair. 1979 W. Kelley Tyree Legend xl. 360 You insist on pretending that everybody's made out of jackboot leather, like you are. 2012 A. J. Jacobs Drop Dead Healthy xvi. 232 I'm not going to pay for a bunch of new swastika flags and jackboot laces. C3. attributive, with the sense ‘involving, characterized by, or otherwise associated with military oppression, authoritarian rule, or (more generally) bullying tactics or intimidation’. ΚΠ 1865 Lancaster Gaz. 28 Jan. 1/2 The Berlin House of Common [sic] demur to this jack-boot manner of adjusting matters. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 14 Feb. 5/1 A large numerical majority..excluded from power and honour by a mere jack-boot minority. 1968 ‘R. Simons’ Death on Display vii. 105 He also objected strongly to what he called your jackboot methods when you interviewed Miss Hurd. 1970 Times 18 Mar. 26 This..attempt by the Government to bludgeon this Bill through with jackboot tactics. 2005 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 July 9 The same people who were as deafeningly silent about the jackboot oppression of the Saddam Hussein era as they were as deafeningly outraged that Saddam was removed by force. Derivatives ˈjackbooted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing boots > types of caligate1562 buskined1588 well booted1608 jackbooted1763 high-lowed1839 ankle-jacked1842 beetle-crushing1871 larriganed1904 gumbooted1930 1763 R. Lloyd in Beauties of all Mag. Sel. II. 489/1 Starting in the Classic race Jack booted for an Epic chace. 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxii. 300 The clumsy look of a French jackbooted postilion. 1972 J. Rossiter Rope for General Dietz ii. 28 He stood..with his jackbooted legs apart..as if to underline what they'd done in the name of Nazi justice. 2016 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 24 Feb. a11 Military aircraft bombed the presidential palace and jackbooted soldiers filled the streets of Santiago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1686
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