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boot-lace|ˈbuːtleɪs|
[boot n.3 7.]
a. A lace for fastening a boot or shoe (see lace n. 3 a).
b. (See quot. 1934.) Hence as v. N.Z. and Austral.
1934Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 13 Jan. 13/7 Boot laces, narrow strips of skin cut off by rough shearers, generally when opening up the neck. Hence the verb, to b.l. 1955G. Bowen Wool Away! iii. 41 You are much more likely to bootlace the sheep—i.e. cut the wrinkles off in long thin strips of skin. 1965J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry i. 9 Good shearers could easily ‘bootlace’ wrinkly sheep so it is not the same as ‘tomahawking’.
c. A piece of liquorice made in the shape of a boot-lace.
1935W. de la Mare Early One Morning xviii. 230 Such casual bounties as brandy balls, pink sherbet, roast sparrow, ‘boot laces’, [etc.]. |
