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boot tree

noun

a device of wood, metal, or plastic, inserted in a boot or shoe when it is not being worn, to preserve the shape.

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Origin of boot tree

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby boot tree

boots and all, boots and saddles, bootstrap, bootstrap memory, boottopping, boot tree, boot up, booty, booty call, bootylicious, boo-word
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Example sentences from the Web for boot tree

  • If you have any difficulty harvesting the fruit of your boot-tree, use a boot-jack.

    The Foolish Almanak|Anonymous

  • So at last she had to take her father's boot-tree and break the jug with that in cold blood.

    Five Children and It|E. Nesbit

  • He beat the boot-tree full into the smiling face of Monna Lisa.

    Poppy|Cynthia Stockley

British Dictionary definitions for boot tree

boot tree

noun

a shoetree for a boot, often having supports to stretch the leg of the boot
a last for making boots
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