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Denver boot
Denver bootn. A device locked to the wheel of a parked vehicle to keep it from being driven, used especially to force payment of fines for unpaid parking tickets. [After Denverone of the first cities to use it.]Denver boot n (Automotive Engineering) a slang name for wheel clamp [C20: from Denver, Colorado, where the device was first used]Den′ver boot′ n. a metal device attached to the wheel of a parked car so that it cannot be driven away until a fine is paid or the owner reports to the police: used by the police to catch scofflaws. [1965–70; after Denver, Colorado, one of the first large communities to adopt the device] TranslationsEncyclopediaSeewheel clamp |