booted
Americanadjective
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equipped with or wearing boots.
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Ornithology. (of the tarsus of certain birds) covered with a continuous horny, bootlike sheath.
adjective
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wearing boots
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ornithol
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(of birds) having an undivided tarsus covered with a horny sheath
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(of poultry) having a feathered tarsus
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Etymology
Origin of booted
Example Sentences
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Booted out of his royal Windsor lodgings, was slumming it on the king’s private estate in Norfolk.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Booted from one town to the next, Meza at one point held a news conference in which he asked the public for forgiveness.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023
Booted from the permanent program following the 2008 Games, Japan restored it for the Tokyo Olympics.
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2021
Booted from city hall, she’d now be stationed a few miles away at Vickers House, a resource center for the homeless.
From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2019
While breakfasting under a spreading pine, we observed commotion among our feathered neighbours—the whole multitude had risen on wing as a single Booted Eagle swept over the scene.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
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