单词 | well booted |
释义 | well bootedadj. Wearing or provided with good boots. 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 1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. F4 Their purses being warmly lined with some purchase gotten before, and they them-selues well booted and spurd, and in reasonable good out-sides. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1656) (Eph. vi. 15) 772 As one that is well booted or buskind can walk unhurt amidst bryers and brambles. 1695 C. Ness 2nd Vol. Sacred Hist. & Myst. Old Test. App. to Vol. I. 3 We have great need therefore to be well shod with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace, Eph. 6.15. [ἐυχνήμιδες Ἀχαιοὶ] well booted Christians. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 55 Though I canna ride in weel-booted pride, And flee o'er the hills like a craw, man. 1894 A. Lang Ban & Arrière Ban 45 Lady, lady neat..Wherefore dost thou hie, Stealthy, down the street, On well-booted feet? 1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica iii. 77 ‘It's as broad as life,’ said Mr. Ramage,..putting a well-booted foot up on the bottom rail. 1962 Transition No. 3. 46/1 The rustle of a newspaper or stamp of a well booted foot is often sufficient to scare them [sc. snakes] away. 2000 Fortnight Feb. 25/2 In the morning, well booted of course to prevent anything untoward happening to my toes, I approached the kitchen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1608 |
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