booted

booted

English

Etymology

    From boot + -ed.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    booted (not comparable)

    1. Wearing a boot or boots.
      Synonym: bebooted
      a booted foot
      • 1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 142,[1]
        They that are booted are not always ready.
      • 1892, Ambrose Bierce, “The Applicant,” in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians), New York: Gordian Press, 1966:[2]
        He was hatted, booted, overcoated, and umbrellaed, as became a person who was about to expose himself to the night and the storm on an errand of charity []
    2. (US, referring to a vehicle) Having a wheel clamp, also known as a boot, on one or multiple tyres.

    Derived terms

    Verb

    booted

    1. simple past and past participle of boot

    References

    • booted”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.