Meaning of bootikin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small boot or gaiter.
   obsolete
2. The boot (torture device).
   obsolete
3. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.

Examples

“June 22, 1772, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway I tired myself with walking on Friday; the gout came on Saturday in my foot; yesterday I kept my bed till four o’ clock and my room all day—but with wrapping myself all over with bootikins, I have scarce had any pain.”

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