bootlacen.
/ˈbuːtleɪs/, U.S. /ˈbutˌleɪs/ a. A lace for fastening a boot or shoe (see lace n. 1c).
b. (See quot. 1934.) Hence as v. New Zealand and Australian.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > partial shearing > poor shearing
bootlace1934
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > cut > animal
unsinew1753
bootlace1955
1934 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 13 Jan. 13/7 Boot laces, narrow strips of skin cut off by rough shearers, generally when opening up the neck. Hence the verb, to b.l.
1955 G. Bowen Wool Away! iii. 41 You are much more likely to bootlace the sheep—i.e. cut the wrinkles off in long thin strips of skin.
1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry i. 9 Good shearers could easily ‘bootlace’ wrinkly sheep so it is not the same as ‘tomahawking’.
c. A piece of liquorice made in the shape of a bootlace.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > liquorice
liquoricec1275
liquorice-stick1580
rigolice1580
glycyrize1599
Spanish liquorice1753
Pomfret?1780
Spanish juice1803
sugarallie1812
allsorts1851
sugarallie button1887
liquorice all-sorts1928
nigger baby1934
bootlace1935
liquorice bootlace1952
1935 W. de la Mare Early One Morning xviii. 230 Such casual bounties as brandy balls, pink sherbet, roast sparrow, ‘boot laces’, [etc.].
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n.1934