Meaning

2 senses
  1. A V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.

    Stiefelknecht

    has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots

  2. A former leaf base on the trunk of a palm that resembles the device.

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots:

Origin

From boot + jack.

From boot + jack.

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Forms

plural: bootjacks
Singularbootjack
Pluralbootjacks

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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