Boot (disambiguation)
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As a noun, a boot may be:
- Boot, a type of footwear that covers the foot and leg.
- Car boot, in British and Australian English, the compartment of a car in which luggage can be stored (in American English, the trunk)
- Bootleg recording, often abbreviated to "boot"
- Denver boot, American slang for a clamp used to immobilize a vehicle's wheels until a parking fine is paid; an alternative to towing
- Boot (torture), various torture devices used on the feet or legs
- Horse boot, veterinary devices for treatment of the feet or legs of horses
- boot, an early name for the American magazine now known as Maximum PC
- /boot, a Unix directory
- Booting, a bootstrapping process in computing
The plural boots may refer to:
- Boots The Chemists, the high-street pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom
- One of at least five different musical releases (albums and singles):
- Boots (cigarette), a brand of cigarette in Mexico
- Boots (bishop), the youngest bishop of the House of Lords, whose duty it is to read prayers. This might be the sense used for the character in The Hunting of the Snark. (See [1].)
- Boots (servant), a junior household servant whose task was the cleaning and polishing of boots and shoes (compare bootboy)
