English

hardboot

hard + boot

A compound of hard + boot

Proto-Germanic *harduz

Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī)

Old English heard ‘hard’

Middle English hard

English hard

Old French bote ‘a high, thick shoe’

Middle English boote ‘shoe’

English boot

Today it means

noun An independent small-scale horse trainer or breeder, especially one associated with the U.S. state of Kentucky.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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