unbootv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈbuːt/, U.S. /ˌənˈbut/ 1. transitive. To take the boots off (a person).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > divest of specific garments > footwear
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Distiuallare, to vnboote, to pull off boots.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Dehousé,..vnbooted, or whose boots are pulled off.
1865 J. M. Ludlow Epics Middle Ages II. 219 Has he no servant nor squire to unboot him?
1893 Voice (N.Y.) 21 Sept. ‘I will never unboot the son of a slave,’ was the lady's gracious response, referring to a marriage ceremony of the time.
2. absol. To take off one's own boots.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)] > remove specific garments > other
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to drop trou1968
1812 Ld. Byron Waltz To Publ. I unbooted, and went to a ball.
1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 97 They were very particular at the door in making us unboot and put on canoes of the native pattern.
Derivatives
unbooting n.
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1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney II. v. 260 I found the task of ‘unbooting’, one of much greater difficulty than I had anticipated.
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