I went into a shop, where I hoped to get potted meat, and asked for "pâté en bottine," which being interpreted is meat in boots, which was unfortunate. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from France] Reference
Is she not handsome as she stands fronting the folding doors, her hand in tall Mr. Trezevant's, just as she commences to dance, with the tip of her black bottine just showing?. From Wordnik.com. [A Confederate Girl's Diary] Reference
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