Bootikin

//ˈbuːtɪkɪn// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small boot or gaiter. obsolete
  2. 2
    The boot (torture device). obsolete
  3. 3
    A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.

    "June 22, 1772, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway I tired myself with walking on Friday; the gout came on Saturday in my foot; yesterday I kept my bed till four o’ clock and my room all day—but with wrapping myself all over with bootikins, I have scarce had any pain."

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"June 22, 1772, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway I tired myself with walking on Friday; the gout came on Saturday in my foot; yesterday I kept my bed till four o’ clock and my room all day—but with wrapping myself all over with bootikins, I have scarce had any pain."

Etymology

From boot + -(i)kin.

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