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Definition of Iron boot
1. Noun. An instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iron Boot
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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