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Encyclopedia Britannica



BOOT

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 238 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BOOT . (I) (From the O. Eng. bot, a word common to Teutonic
languages
 , e.g. Goth. bola, " good, advantage," O.H.G. Buoza, Mod. Ger. Busse, "
penance
 , fine "; cf. " better," the
comparative
  of " good "), profit or advantage. The word survives in " bootless," i.e. useless or unavailing, and in such expressions, chiefly archaistic, as " what boots it?" " Bote," an old form, survives in some old compound legal words, such as " housebote," " fire-bote," " hedge-bote," &c., for particular rights of " estover," the Norman
French
  word corresponding to the Saxon " bote " (see ESTOVERS and COMMONS). The same form survives also in such expressions as " thief-bote " for the Old
English
  customary compensation paid for injuries.
(2) (A word of uncertain origin, which came into
English
  through the O. Fr. bole,
modern
  bone; Med. Lat.
bona
  or bola), a covering for the foot. Properly a boot covers the whole
lower
 
part
  of the leg, sometimes reaching to or above the knee, but in common usage it is applied to one which reaches only above the ankle, and is thus distinguished from " shoe " (see COSTUME and SHOE).
The " boot " of a coach has the same derivation. It was originally applied to the fixed outside step, the
French
  botte, then to the uncovered spaces on or beside the step on which the attendants sat facing sideways. Both senses are now obsolete, the
term
  now being applied to the covered receptacles under the seats of the guard and coachman.


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