bootjack

[ boot-jak ]

/ ˈbutˌdʒæk /

noun

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.

Nearby words

boothia, boothia peninsula, boothroyd, bootie, booting, bootjack, bootlace, bootlace fungus, bootlace worm, bootle, bootleg

Origin of bootjack

First recorded in 1835–45; boot¹ + jack¹

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Examples from the Web for bootjack

I itched to throw a bootjack at him, but compromised on doing a little growling myself.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.)|Various
Suppose you do discover that in the summer of 1820 an English major threw a bootjack at his syce?
Carlyon Sahib|Gilbert Murray
He 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
It provided us with jugs and jars, and by and by, when the snow came, a wooden shovel and a bootjack for our rubber boots.
Dwellers in Arcady|Albert Bigelow Paine

"By ze right of conquest," he said, laughing; and at once proposed to sell me a bootjack and an India-rubber overcoat.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant,|George Alfred Townsend

British Dictionary definitions for bootjack

bootjack

/ (ˈbuːtˌdʒæk) /

noun

a device that grips the heel of a boot to enable the foot to be withdrawn easily

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