Associations to the word «Bottine»

Wiktionary

BOTTINE, noun. A small boot; a lady's boot.
BOTTINE, noun. An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope