Boottree
Pronunciation : Boot"tree`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Boot + tree wood, timber.]
Definition : Defn: An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven. The pretty boots trimly stretched on boottrees. Thackeray.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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