Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A half-boot; a woman's fine shoe.
- noun An appliance resembling a boot, with straps, springs, buckles, etc., to correct or prevent distortion of the lower limbs and feet of children.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small boot; a lady's boot.
- noun An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
boot ; a lady's boot. - noun An
appliance resembling a small boot furnished withstraps ,buckles , etc., used to correct or preventdistortions in the lower extremities ofchildren .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I went into a shop, where I hoped to get potted meat, and asked for "pâté en bottine," which being interpreted is meat in boots, which was unfortunate.
Letters from France Isaac Alexander Mack
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Is she not handsome as she stands fronting the folding doors, her hand in tall Mr. Trezevant's, just as she commences to dance, with the tip of her black bottine just showing?
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She give me the _bottine_, if I let great buckra massa talk to Fraulein SMEETS.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 Various 1876
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Is she not handsome as she stands fronting the folding doors, her hand in tall Mr. Trezevant's, just as she commences to dance, with the tip of her black bottine just showing?
A Confederate Girl's Diary Sarah Morgan Dawson 1875
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The attitude certainly showed the svelte perfection of her form to advantage; and from the unavoidable circumstances of the position, it also showed one of the most beautifully formed feet that ever was seen, together with the whole of the exquisite little bottine that clothed it, a beautifully turned ankle, and perhaps as much as two inches of the silk stocking above the boot.
A Siren Thomas Adolphus Trollope 1851
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17.30 Deja vu (R) 18.30 FILM: "Bach et bottine," Canada, 1986, comedy drama with Mahee Paiement, Raymond Legault, Andree Pelletier
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17.30 Deja vu (R) 18.30 FILM: "Bach et bottine," Canada, 1986, comedy drama with Mahee Paiement, Raymond Legault, Andree Pelletier
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