boot hook
noun
one of a pair of L-shaped metal hooks fixed to a handle, for drawing on a boot by inserting it through a bootstrap.
Origin of boot hook
1First recorded in 1800–10
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How to use boot hook in a sentence
To scale the slippery timber to the staple-runners without boot hooks would be no easy task.
Ralph on the Overland Express | Allen ChapmanA pair of boot-hooks will be required for putting them on, and a boot-jack for taking them off.
The Horsewoman | Alice M. Hayes
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