A device for holding a boot by the heel to ease the withdrawal of one's foot.
脱靴器
Example sentencesExamples
Several items in the room belonged to William Henry Harrison: the bookcase, his well-used wooden bootjack, his walking stick, and the portrait of his wife Anna Symmes Harrison.
Place your socked foot on the luxurious green base and use the left hand jaw of the bootjack to remove the left hand boot.
In a 1928 article, it was naively if ingeniously described as ‘Washington's Traveling Boot Box’ with a removable lid that ‘is transformed into an effective bootjack.’
The bootjack makes the task easier especially if the boots are tight fitting or you are carrying something so that your hands are not free.
The bootjack is designed for removing muddy shoes, boots or Wellingtons.
Definition of bootjack in US English:
bootjack
nounˈbutdʒækˈbo͞otjak
A device for holding a boot by the heel to ease the withdrawal of one's foot.
脱靴器
Example sentencesExamples
The bootjack is designed for removing muddy shoes, boots or Wellingtons.
In a 1928 article, it was naively if ingeniously described as ‘Washington's Traveling Boot Box’ with a removable lid that ‘is transformed into an effective bootjack.’
The bootjack makes the task easier especially if the boots are tight fitting or you are carrying something so that your hands are not free.
Place your socked foot on the luxurious green base and use the left hand jaw of the bootjack to remove the left hand boot.
Several items in the room belonged to William Henry Harrison: the bookcase, his well-used wooden bootjack, his walking stick, and the portrait of his wife Anna Symmes Harrison.