boot hook


noun
  1. 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

1
First 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.

  • A pair of boot-hooks will be required for putting them on, and a boot-jack for taking them off.

    The Horsewoman | Alice M. Hayes