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Webster 1913 Edition


Boottree

Boot′treeˊ

,
Noun.
[
Boot
+
tree
wood, timber.]
An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven.
The pretty boots trimly stretched on
boottrees
.
Thackeray.

Definition 2024


boottree

boottree

See also: boot-tree and boot tree

English

Noun

boottree (plural boottrees)

  1. a device, shaped like a divided leg with a wedge, used to stretch the leg of a boot

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