† ˈboute-selle Obs. rare.
[a. F. boute-selle, f. bouter to put + selle saddle.]
A trumpet-call, warning knights or cavalry to put on the saddle; = Boot and saddle: see boot n.3 1 b.
| 1628 tr. Mathieu's Powerf. Favorite 136 At Executions, the Trumpets sounded the battaile, as the alarme, or the bouteselle [misprinted bonteselle], to go to death. 1649 G. Daniel Trinarch. Hen. V, cli, The Towne-pent Rutters..attend to Bot et Selle. a 1658 Cleveland Gen. Poems (1677) 8 The sprightly Chanticlere..Sounds Boutesel [v.r. Boot-esel] to Cupid's Knight. |