bootheel
English
Etymology
From
boot
+
heel
.
Noun
bootheel
(
plural
bootheels
)
The
heel
of a
boot
.
An
area
of
land
protruding
south
of the eastern or western
end
of a southern
border
.
Derived terms
under the bootheel of
Further reading
bootheel
on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia