bootjack
a yokelike device for catching the heel of a boot, as a riding boot, to aid in removing it.
a notch or molding for the same purpose, cut into a piece of furniture.
Origin of bootjack
1Words Nearby bootjack
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use bootjack in a sentence
Mrs. Caukins started up stairs whence came sounds of an obstreperous bootjack.
Flamsted quarries | Mary E. WallerIt seems that he bought a bootjack for three shillings; and the cost of countless other household items is as carefully set down.
The Magnificent Adventure | Emerson HoughRemembering the lesson of my friend with the bootjack below, I asked, "Is M. Hhhaoushheer at home?"
The Sharper Detected and Exposed | Jean-Eugne Robert-HoudinI put up at bootjack camp on the raging Willow River, where the gay-plumaged chipmunk and the spruce gum have their home.
Remarks | Bill NyeHe could trace out lines of beauty in a gridiron, and detect the subtle charm that lurks in the bootjack.
Round the Block | John Bell Bouton
British Dictionary definitions for bootjack
/ (ˈbuːtˌdʒæk) /
a device that grips the heel of a boot to enable the foot to be withdrawn easily
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse