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booted, ppl. a.|ˈbuːtɪd|
[f. boot v.3 + -ed1.]
1. a. Wearing boots, having boots on; formerly usually in the sense ‘equipped for riding’.
1552Huloet, Booted, ocreatus. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 1892/1 Master Leauer was ready booted to..cary it to London. 1690Crowne Eng. Frier iv. 32 How now, booted Gentlemen, whither are you going? 1835Beckford Recoll. 193 Two special couriers..magnificently badged and booted. 1877Besant & Rice Son of Vulc. i. ii. 32 Who correct their wives with booted feet.
b. esp. in phrase booted and spurred. Also fig.
1678Gunpowder-Treas. 19 He..found Faux..booted and spurr'd. 1762Goldsm. Nash 39 Punch came in booted and spurred. 1833R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunt. Songs iv. (1883) 12 Come then to Tarporley booted and spurr'd.
2. transf.
a. Clothed or covered as to the legs.
1601Holland Pliny i. 166 Booted..with a pair of buskins or greiues about his legges. 1740Somerville Hobbinol iii. 179 Her Legs unclean Booted with Grime. a1774Goldsm. Scarron's Comic Rom. (1775) II. 1 He saw little Ragotin, just arriving, booted up to the waist.
b. Of fowls: Having feathered legs. Also applied to other birds.
1781Latham Gen. Synop. Birds I. i. 75 Falcon..Booted F... legs feathered to the toes. 1814Lewis & Clarke Exped. to Sources of Missouri II. 182 The large black and white pheasant..is also booted to the toes. 1885Bazaar 30 Mar. 1265/3 Black booted cockerel..Coloured booted bantams. 1954R. Peterson et al. Field Guide to Birds 72 Booted eagle. Hieraëtus pennatus..Tarsi heavily feathered. 1959Van Tyne & Berger Fund. Ornith. 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. |