Definition of Iron boot

1. Noun. An instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg.

Exact synonyms: Boot, Iron Heel, The Boot
Generic synonyms: Instrument Of Torture

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iron Boot

iron-storage disease
iron-storage protein
iron-sulfur cluster
iron-sulfur clusters
iron-sulfur protein
iron-sulfur proteins
iron-sulphur cluster
iron-sulphur protein
iron-tree
iron age
iron alum
iron bacteria
iron bacterium
iron bloom
iron blue
iron boot (current term)
iron cage
iron carbide
iron chelating agents
iron collar
iron compounds
iron curtain
iron curtains
iron deficiency
iron deficiency anaemia
iron deficiency anemia
iron dextrin
iron disulfide
iron eagle
iron excess

Literary usage of Iron boot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Antiquary (1873)
"In this mound or dam is fixed an iron boot or pipe, that is, a pipe fashioned like ... of the city co:ne out here (o measure the capacity of the iron boot, ..."

2. The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last by Walter Scott (1833)
"... gave on his own part a nod to the executioner, whose mallet instantly descended on the wedge, and, forcing it between the knee and the iron boot, ..."

3. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1905)
"HOW TO MAKE AN iron boot FOR A CRIPPLE. An iron boot for a cripple may be made by fitting a ... Fasten the iron boot to the shoe by means of small screws. ..."

4. Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (1884)
"being enclosed within a tight iron boot or case, wedges of iron being then driven in with a mallet between the knee and the iron boot. ..."

5. The Antiquary (1873)
"In this mound or dam is fixed an iron boot or pipe, that is, a pipe fashioned like ... of the city co:ne out here (o measure the capacity of the iron boot, ..."

6. The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last by Walter Scott (1833)
"... gave on his own part a nod to the executioner, whose mallet instantly descended on the wedge, and, forcing it between the knee and the iron boot, ..."

7. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1905)
"HOW TO MAKE AN iron boot FOR A CRIPPLE. An iron boot for a cripple may be made by fitting a ... Fasten the iron boot to the shoe by means of small screws. ..."

8. Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (1884)
"being enclosed within a tight iron boot or case, wedges of iron being then driven in with a mallet between the knee and the iron boot. ..."

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