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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bootheel¹

boot ¹ + heel ¹; so called from the shape on the map; panhandle ¹, panhandle ²

Example Sentences

Say, don't you fellows remember how Greg ripped off the lower part of his left bootheel at football practice Friday afternoon?

From Project Gutenberg

There was a ring of a bootheel as the two men approached the cabin unsuspectingly.

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