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bootheel

noun

Etymology

From boot + heel.

  1. derived from *hanhaz✻
  2. derived from *hanhilaz✻
  3. inherited from *hą̄hilō✻
  4. inherited from hēla
  5. inherited from hele
  6. compounded as bootheel — “boot + heel”

Definitions

  1. The heel of a boot.

  2. An area of land protruding south of the eastern or western end of a southern border.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA