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boottop

boottop

5.6
The top edge of a shoe that goes around the ankle
  • noun
translation icon : parte superior de la bota
  • The sturdy boottop provides extra support to my ankles while hiking.

Examples

  • She left the two front slits of her skirt unbuttoned, freeing the sheath at the top of each boot, and transferred her knife from the thigh sheath to the boottop.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • "Wait here," she said abruptly, and started across the hot-metalled strip toward the car, heedless of the wind that whipped the shift's free-falling panels around her boottops.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • She slipped her blaster into its boottop holster and laid Sebasten-Januarias's message in its place.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • His boottop was decorated with intricate designs, making his boots look unique.

  • She adjusted the boottop to ensure a snug fit around her lower leg.

Synonyms

upper
vsboottop
4 6.3

The part of a shoe that covers the top and sides of the foot

focuses on the edge around the ankle and lower leg rather than foot top
bootleg
vsboottop
4 8.4

The part of a boot that goes above the ankle

surrounds the ankle and lower leg rather than rising just above the instep

Surface Forms

boottop singular
boottops plural

Morphology

boottop = boot + top (transparent) = boot + top

Literal compound 'boot' + 'top' meaning the upper part of a boot is straightforward and directly derivable.

Etymology

Boottop is simply boot + top, meaning the upper edge of a boot that surrounds the ankle. It is like the 'top' of a shoe, so the word fits the part you tuck your pants into or where snow can collect.