Boot

"Boot" is also slang in many parts of America for an African-American, or negro. In 2004 some of the leading global producers of cable products included Nexans, Prysmian, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Furukawa Electric, Southwire, Draka, LS Cable, Fujikura, Walsin Lihwa and General Cable. "To boot" means "to vomit." Used primarily by young American fraternity men. Cables can be securely fastened and organized (e.g. into cable trees) with the aid of cable ties. "To boot" means "in addition to.". Tight lays during stranding makes the cable extensible (as in telephone handset cords). "The boot is on the other foot now" means that a situation has become reversed -- a previous victor is now losing, for example. A thin coat of tin on the individual wires provides lubrication for longest life.

To "put the boot in" means to kick someone especially hard, to add additional pain on top of an already hard situation. Bunching small wires before concentric stranding adds the most flexibility. To "give someone the boot" means to kick them out (of a job, a club, etc.), either literally or figuratively. Smaller individual wires allows more flexibility. The "boot", in British English, means the trunk of a car. Cables may be made more flexible by stranding, usually twisting or braiding. Stormtroopers, skinheads, and other agents of authority or political strongarm tactics are typically referred to by their detractors as "jackbooted thugs." Authoritarian rule, either by hostile military forces, or by groups of armed intimidators, is imposed by "jackboot tactics.". Electrical cables can also act as carriers for other media, including optical fibers.

"Jackboots" are a general term for combat boots. It may be protected by a jacket sheath which protects all. Boot camp a colloquial term for the initial training of new recruits enlisting in a military organization. A cable is two or more wires bound together which may be bare, covered or insulated. To "die with one's boots on" means to die from violence as opposed to from natural causes (to "die in bed"); hence Boot Hill as a popular name for Wild West cemeteries. wire cable (also known as wire rope). Another fate of a discarded boot is in the construction of a musical instrument known as the "mendoza". twisted pair cable.

This can be seen in many cartoons, parodies, etc., and is usually depicted dripping with weeds and with part of the sole detached, giving the impression of an open mouth. twinax cable. A long established cliché of anglers, especially those who are inexperienced or angling in waters known to be poor for fish, is that of the "old boot", caught in place of the expected fish. shielded cable. Boots, particularly those worn as protective footwear by workers (work boots) have a reputation for being as hard-wearing as their owners, hence the expression "tough as old boots". mechanical cable. A German legend about a boy lifting himself by his bootstraps into the air, allowing him to fly, has led to the word's metaphorical use in many different contexts; see bootstrapping and booting. insulated cable.

Tall boots, such as those designed for military dress and horseback riding may have a tab, loop or handle at the top known as a bootstrap, allowing one to use fingers or a tool to provide better leverage in getting the boots on. heliax cable. Boots have their own devotees among shoe fetishists and foot fetishists. fiber optic cable. Specialty boots have been designed for many different types of sport, particularly Rugby football or soccer, riding, skiing and snowboarding, skating, and sporting in wet conditions. coaxial cable. Fashionable boots for women may have all the variations seen in other fashion footwear: tapered or spike heels, platform soles, pointed toes, zipper closures and the rest. communications cable.

Martens) were adopted by skinheads and punks as part of their typical dress, and have migrated from there to more mainstream fashion, including women's wear. bowden cable, a type of flexible sheathed cable used to transmit mechanical force. Such work boots (like the popular Dr. arresting cable. However most work boots are "laceups" made from leather and shod with hobnails, and heel- and toe-plates. Specialty boots have been made to temporarily protect steelworkers if they get caught in pools of molten metal; to protect chemical workers from a wide variety of chemical exposure; and there are insulated, inflatable, boots designed for walking in the Antarctic continent.

Other types of boots are sturdy in nature, meant for protection in wilderness or industrial settings. Simple waterproof gumboots are made in different length of uppers and, in extreme cases, thigh-boots called "waders" by anglers end at waist-level of the wearer. Boots which are designed as protection from the elements may be made of a single closely-stitched piece (of leather, rubber, etc) to prevent the entry of water, mud or dirt through the gaps left between laces and tongue in other types of shoes. .

Originally boots were made for working wear. Most have a heel which is clearly distinguishable from the rest of the sole, even if the two are made of one piece. They come in every imaginable variation of height, color, material and style. A boot is a type of footwear which covers at least the foot and usually the ankle, and sometimes extends up to the knee or even the hip.

Wedge boots. Ugg boots. Spats. Inline skates.

Roller skates. Figure skates. Ice skates. Skates: