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Boot

A boot is a type of footwear. Most boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle, while some also cover some part of the lower calf. Some boots extend up the leg, sometimes as far as the knee or even the hip. Most boots have a heel that is clearly distinguishable from the rest of the sole, even if the two are made of one piece. Traditionally made of leather or rubber, modern boots are made from a variety of materials.

For other uses, see Boot (disambiguation).

Boots are worn both for their functionality and for reasons of style and fashion. Functional concerns include: protection of the foot and leg from water, mud, pestilence (infectious disease, insect bites and stings, snake bites), extreme temperatures, sharp or blunt hazards (e.g. work boots may provide steel toes), physical abrasion, corrosive agents, or damaging radiation; ankle support and traction for strenuous activities such as hiking; and durability in harsh conditions (e.g. the underside of combat boots may be reinforced with hobnails).


In some cases, the wearing of boots may be required by laws or regulations, such as the regulations in some jurisdictions requiring workers on construction sites to wear steel-toed safety boots. Some uniforms include boots as the regulated footwear. Boots are recommended as well for motorcycle riders. High-top athletic shoes are generally not considered boots, even though they do cover the ankle, primarily due to the absence of a distinct heel.

Spats

Boot jack

For the parts of a boot, see

Hiking boot#Parts

Boots that are particularly old and well worn, or a similarly tough item are referred to as being tough and strong with the phrase "tough as old boots."

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A discarded boot may be used in the construction of a known as the "mendoza."

musical instrument

Tall (high) boots may have a tab, loop or handle at the top known as a bootstrap, allowing one to use fingers or a tool to provide better leverage in getting the boots on. The figurative use "to pull one's self up by one's bootstraps" in the sense of "ability to perform a difficult task without external help" developed in the 19th century in US English. The term "bootstrapping" was subsequently used in a metaphorical sense in a number of fields, notably computing (which uses the term "bootup" to describe the process of starting a computer and in entrepreneurship, which uses the term "bootstrapping" to describe start-up companies which are launched without major external financing.

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To "die with one's boots on" means to die while one is still actively involved in work or to go down fighting. Popularized by movies.[13]

Wild West

: a colloquial term for the initial recruit training of a new recruit enlisting in a military organization or armed force. In this context, a "boot" is just such a recruit.

Boot camp

and other agents of authority or units used for political strongarm tactics such as intimidation are typically referred to by their detractors as "jackbooted thugs," a reference to the hobnailed military jackboot of the World War I German Stormtrooper and later Nazi uniform. Authoritarian rule, either by hostile military forces, or by groups of armed intimidators, is imposed by "jackboot tactics."

Stormtroopers

To "give one the boot" means to kick one out (of a job, a club, etc.) or expel one, either literally or figuratively.

To "put the boot in" is an idiom for inflicting violence on someone.

"The boot is on the other foot now" means that a situation has become reversed—a previous victor is now losing, for example.

Wearing "" references a classic children's fairy tale and indicates that a person or company can cover great distances, figuratively or literally, in a single stride.

seven-league boots

To "shake/quake in one's boots" means to be very frightened, and is mostly used sarcastically.

"Knocking boots" is slang for having sex, regardless of whether either person is wearing boots.

The country of is referred to as "lo Stivale" ("The Boot") due to its shape.

Italy

List of boots

Boot cut

Boot fetishism

Boots theory

Boot throwing

Gumboot dance

Wellie wanging