boot hill

noun

, Western U.S.

1. a cemetery of a frontier settlement, especially one in which gunfighters were buried.

Word History and Origins

Origin of boot hill¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

However, researchers believe there are actually around 50 bodies buried in and around Boot Hill.

From The Daily Beast

Last weekend, excavators from USF began scouring a section near Boot Hill, an area near where the “colored” inmates were housed.

From The Daily Beast

They buried them on the little boot-hill overlooking the ranch buildings.

From Project Gutenberg

More than forty years have passed since they 297 buried him in the little boot-hill at Florence, Arizona.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• garden
• graveyard
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• tomb