Boot

1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.
2. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
3. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
4. To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it
5. Profit; gain; advantage; use.
6. Booty; spoil.
7. To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
8. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
9. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
10. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
11. To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
12. The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
13. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
14. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
15. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.