BOOTHEEL


Meaning of BOOTHEEL in English

/booht"heel'/ , n. ( sometimes cap. )

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

[ BOOT 1 + HEEL 1 ; so called from the shape on the map; cf. PANHANDLE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .