bootheel

American  

[boot-heel] / ˈbutˌhil /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of bootheel

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

Example Sentences

Forecasters warned that heat indexes could rise above 110 degrees and an excessive heat warning remained in place Friday for west Tennessee, eastern Arkansas, north Mississippi and the bootheel of Mississippi.

From Seattle Times

The first northern snakehead found in Missouri was caught in 2019 out of a ditch within the St. Francois River levee system in the Missouri Bootheel region.

From Seattle Times

Malek moved from the city of Rohtak in northern India to what’s called Missouri’s Bootheel in 2002 to get his master’s degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University.

From Seattle Times

Born and raised in the Missouri Bootheel, she grew up loving and learning music.

From New York Times

Charleston is a town of about 5,000 people in Mississippi County in Missouri’s Bootheel region.

From Seattle Times