单词 | booted |
释义 | bootedadj. 1. a. Wearing boots, having boots on; formerly usually in the sense ‘equipped for riding’. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing boots booted1552 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Booted, ocreatus. 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 2087/1 M. Leauer was ready booted to..cary it to London. 1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier iv. 32 How now, booted Gentlemen; whether are you going? 1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 193 Two special couriers..magnificently badged and booted. 1877 W. Besant & J. Rice This Son of Vulcan (new ed.) i. ii. 32 Who correct their wives with booted feet. b. esp. in phrase booted and spurred. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1678 Gunpowder-Treas. 19 He..found Faux..booted and spurr'd. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 39 Punch came in booted and spurred. 1834 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs 16 Come then to Tarporley booted and spurr'd. 2. transferred. a. Clothed or covered as to the legs. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for legs booted1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. xx. 166 Booted..with a pair of buskins or greiues about his legges. 1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol iii. 179 Her Legs unclean Booted with Grime. a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) II. i. 1 He saw little Ragotin, just arriving, booted up to the waist. b. Of fowls: Having feathered legs. Also applied to other birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of legs > feathered rough-legged1575 booted1781 stockinged1855 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 75 Falcon..Booted F... legs feathered to the toes. 1814 M. Lewis & W. Clark Trav. Missouri II. 182 The large black and white pheasant..is also booted to the toes. 1885 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 30 Mar. 1265/3 Black booted cockerel..Coloured booted bantams. 1954 R. T. Peterson et al. Field Guide Birds Brit. 72 Booted eagle. Hieraëtus pennatus..Tarsi heavily feathered. 1959 J. Van Tyne & A. J. Berger Fund. Ornithol. ii. 48 Several types of passerine tarsal scutellation have been described... Booted (‘ocreate’): Scutella fused into a single smooth sheath or ‘boot’, except in some cases, at the very lower end. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1552 |
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