bootheel

[ boot-heel ]

noun(sometimes initial capital letter)
  1. an area of SE Missouri where the Missouri-Arkansas border dips southward forming a rectangular-shaped extension of the state.

Origin of bootheel

1
boot1 + heel1; so called from the shape on the map; cf. panhandle1, panhandle2

Words Nearby bootheel

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use bootheel in a sentence