bootheel

[ boot-heel ]

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. an area of SE Missouri where the Missouri-Arkansas border dips southward forming a rectangular-shaped extension of the state.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bootheel¹

boot ¹ + heel ¹; so called from the shape on the map; panhandle ¹, panhandle ²

Example Sentences

Forecasters warned that heat indexes could rise above 110 degrees and an excessive heat warning remained in place Friday for west Tennessee, eastern Arkansas, north Mississippi and the bootheel of Mississippi.

From Seattle Times

The first northern snakehead found in Missouri was caught in 2019 out of a ditch within the St. Francois River levee system in the Missouri Bootheel region.

From Seattle Times

Malek moved from the city of Rohtak in northern India to what’s called Missouri’s Bootheel in 2002 to get his master’s degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University.

From Seattle Times

“Maybe he’s listened to some lies from my opponents,” Hartzler speculated in an interview on Friday, after a meet-and-greet at a restaurant in Missouri’s conservative Bootheel region.

From Washington Post

Born and raised in the Missouri Bootheel, she grew up loving and learning music.

From New York Times