Definitions
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
Word origin
From Middle English boote, bote, bot, from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“atonement, improvement”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”).
Used in a sentence
“Dr. Jayakar was not only one of them but was at places the prime mover in the historic decisions taken by a nation struggling to get free of the British boot.”
“Never in its long history, and one rich with brutal inequities too, had Paris known the disgrace of seeing one section of its community prosper under the boot of an invader”
“Chronic unrest in Ireland, long under the British boot, was about to culminate in a popular rising.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues
01“Footwear for bad weather”4 letters
02“Footwear for puddles”4 letters
03“Rugged footwear”4 letters
04“Sturdy footwear”4 letters
05“Sturdy shoe for hiking”4 letters
06“Tall shoe”4 letters
07“Tall sturdy shoe”4 letters
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