Meaning
A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English boote, bote (“shoe”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”). Of obscure origin, but probably related to Old French bot (“club-foot”), bot (“fat, short, blunt”), from Old Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (“cut off, short, numb, blunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewt-, *bʰewd- (“to strike, push, shock”); if so, a doublet of butt. Compare Old Norse butt (“stump”), Low German butt (“blunt, plump”), Old English bytt (“small piece of land”), buttuc (“end”). More at buttock and debut.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
shut downstopturn off
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 28 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-09-19BGILNOT
- 2026-08-25BGINOTU
- 2026-07-29BADORTU
- 2026-04-08TANHBIO
- 2026-03-30TBELNOV
- 2026-01-06TARBIOV
- 2025-12-21TOALCBK
- 2025-09-13BACNOTI
- 2025-07-14TBRHGOU
- 2025-02-01OBTFELU
- 2025-01-16BYOLNAT
- 2025-01-01TOLBGNA
+16 earlier appearances in the archive.