bootkin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of bootikin (“torture device”).
Example Sentences
- "The bootkins were wooden cases in which the legs were thrust, and torture caused by wedging them tightly therein."
- "You need not fear, there will neither be thumbikin nor bootkin come here. Lift up your hearts, for the day of your redemption draweth near."
- "Even as late as 1842 it is reported that the jailhouse contained, and used, many implements of torture — including a cocksteel, a thumbkin, a bootkin and a brangus."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Frankish *bautander.? Old French botebor. Middle English bote English boot English -kin English bootkin From boot + -kin.