boot tree
a device of wood, metal, or plastic, inserted in a boot or shoe when it is not being worn, to preserve the shape.
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How to use boot tree in a sentence
He beat the boot-tree full into the smiling face of Monna Lisa.
Poppy | Cynthia StockleyIt is pickled walnuts she is gathering from the boot tree in the scullery.
The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch | S. J. Adair FitzgeraldIf you have any difficulty harvesting the fruit of your boot-tree, use a boot-jack.
The Foolish Almanak | AnonymousThe large boot-tree and latch-key on the circle beneath the handle predict a fortunate and unexpected gain in the near future.
Telling Fortunes by Tea Leaves | Cicely KentSo at last she had to take her father's boot-tree and break the jug with that in cold blood.
Five Children and It | E. Nesbit
British Dictionary definitions for boot tree
a shoetree for a boot, often having supports to stretch the leg of the boot
a last for making boots
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