† ˈbotew Obs.
Also 5 butwe, buttwe, butewe, 6 botowe, boatew(e.
[f. bote, boot n.3: cf. F. diminutives in -eau.]
? A short boot.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 45 Botew, coturnus, botula, crepita. 1463 Ripon Ch. Acts 159, j par de buttwe shon. 1481 Gild Cordwainers Exeter in E.E. Gilds 332 All wete lethere and drye botez, botwez, schoez, pyncouz, galegez. 1483 Cath. Angl. 49 A Butewe, ocreola. a 1529 Skelton Magnyf. 765 A betell, or a botowe [printed batowe] or a buskyn lacyd. 1555 Fardle Facions ii. xii. 269 The Bisshoppes..xv. holy garmentes..His boatewes, his Amice, an Albe. |