booted

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of boot.

   The server booted without any errors this morning.

   She had booted the old laptop several times before it finally responded.

   Note

   One regular form serves every meaning of the verb, from a plain kick to the informal sense of throwing someone out: booted out of the club, booted from an online chat. When the verb means putting boots on, especially for riding, its participle overlaps with the adjective for wearing boots. A phrase like "booted and ready" can be read either way.

2. 2
   adjective

   Having boots on the feet, often as part of a uniform or for outdoor activity.

   The booted riders gathered at the stable before dawn.

   Fully booted and helmeted, the climbers set off up the trail.

   Similarshod

   Oppositebarefoot, unshod

   Note

   An adjective made directly from the noun, boot plus -ed, on the same pattern as hatted. It names a state of dress rather than an action, which is why Ambrose Bierce can stack it in 1892: hatted, booted, overcoated, and umbrellaed. George Herbert's 1640 saying "They that are booted are not always ready" already uses it for being dressed to set out. The rarer bebooted means the same thing.

3. 3
   adjectiveUS

   Having a wheel clamp, called a boot, fixed to one or more tires to stop the vehicle from being driven.

   Two booted cars blocked the entrance to the lot all afternoon.

   Her sedan sat booted for a week before she could clear the fines.

   Similarclamped, immobilized

   Note

   An American use that calls the wheel clamp a boot, so a car fitted with one is booted, just as a rider in boots is. It describes the vehicle, never the driver: a booted sedan, a truck left booted overnight. The noun it modifies is usually all that separates it from the footwear sense.

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