booted, ppl. a.
(ˈbuːtɪd)
[f. boot v.3 + -ed1.]
1. a. Wearing boots, having boots on; formerly usually in the sense ‘equipped for riding’.
| 1552 Huloet, Booted, ocreatus. 1563–87 Foxe A. & M. (1596) 1892/1 Master Leauer was ready booted to..cary it to London. 1690 Crowne Eng. Frier iv. 32 How now, booted Gentlemen, whither are you going? 1835 Beckford Recoll. 193 Two special couriers..magnificently badged and booted. 1877 Besant & Rice Son of Vulc. i. ii. 32 Who correct their wives with booted feet. |
b. esp. in phrase booted and spurred. Also fig.
| 1678 Gunpowder-Treas. 19 He..found Faux..booted and spurr'd. 1762 Goldsm. Nash 39 Punch came in booted and spurred. 1833 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunt. Songs iv. (1883) 12 Come then to Tarporley booted and spurr'd. |
2. transf. a. Clothed or covered as to the legs.
| 1601 Holland Pliny i. 166 Booted..with a pair of buskins or greiues about his legges. 1740 Somerville Hobbinol iii. 179 Her Legs unclean Booted with Grime. a 1774 Goldsm. Scarron's Comic Rom. (1775) II. 1 He saw little Ragotin, just arriving, booted up to the waist. |
b. Of fowls: Having feathered legs. Also applied to other birds.
| 1781 Latham Gen. Synop. Birds I. i. 75 Falcon..Booted F... legs feathered to the toes. 1814 Lewis & Clarke Exped. to Sources of Missouri II. 182 The large black and white pheasant..is also booted to the toes. 1885 Bazaar 30 Mar. 1265/3 Black booted cockerel..Coloured booted bantams. 1954 R. Peterson et al. Field Guide to Birds 72 Booted eagle. Hieraëtus pennatus..Tarsi heavily feathered. 1959 Van Tyne & Berger Fund. Ornith. ii. 48 Several types of passerine tarsal scutellation have been described... Booted (‘ocreate’): Scutella fused into a single smooth sheath or ‘boot’, except in some cases, at the very lower end. |