bottine

English

Etymology

From French bottine. See boot (type of footwear).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɒˈtiːn/

Noun

bottine (plural bottines)

  1. A small boot; a lady's boot.
  2. An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children.[1]

References

  1. ^
    1839, Robley Dunglison, “BOTTINE”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, [], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:

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French

Etymology

From botte +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ.tin/
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Noun

bottine f (plural bottines)

  1. (ankle) boot
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary [][1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      Du bout de ses deux doigts, elle prit sa robe à la hauteur du genou, et, l'ayant ainsi remontée jusqu'aux chevilles, elle tendit à la flamme, par-dessus le gigot qui tournait, son pied chaussé d'une bottine noire.
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Descendants

  • Russian: ботинок (botinok)
  • Romanian: botină, botuș
  • Persian: پوتین (putin)
  • Northern Kurdish: putîn
  • Finnish: patiini

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