Scotch boot
now historical
noun
An instrument of torture formerly used in Scotland, consisting of a tight-fitting iron case in which a person's leg is enclosed, iron wedges being then driven between the case and the leg; = boot.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Marston (bap. 1576, d. 1634), poet and playwright.
- knock someone out
- knock someone over
- knock someone's block off
- knock someone sideways
- knock someone's socks off
- knock someone/thing about (or around)
- knock someone/thing into shape
- knock someone up
- knock something back
- knock something down
- knock something into a cocked hat
- knock something off
- knock something on the head
- knock something out
- knock something over
- knock something together
- knock something up
- knock spots off
- knock the bottom out of
- knock the socks off
- knock up
- knockwurst
- knodden
- knogged
- Knole sofa