BOOTTREE

boottree. Boottree, n. a piece of wood to shape a boot

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Boot″tree′ (�), n. [[Boot + tree wood, timber.]] 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.