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| | # {{obsolete}} A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. | | # {{obsolete}} A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. |
| | # {{archaic}} A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. | | # {{archaic}} A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. |
| − | # {{Australia|British|automotive}} The [[luggage]] [[storage]] [[compartment]] of a [[sedan]] or [[saloon]] car. | + | # {{Australia|British|NZ|automotive}} The [[luggage]] [[storage]] [[compartment]] of a [[sedan]] or [[saloon]] car. |
| | #* '''1998''', [[w:Ruth Rendell|Ruth Rendell]], ''A Sight For Sore Eyes'', 2010, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RKj404_tJnoC&pg=PA260&dq=%22boot%22|%22boots%22+car+-intitle:%22boot|boots%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MYUBT93bJYnwmAWVzsToBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22boot%22|%22boots%22%20car%20-intitle%3A%22boot|boots%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 260], | | #* '''1998''', [[w:Ruth Rendell|Ruth Rendell]], ''A Sight For Sore Eyes'', 2010, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RKj404_tJnoC&pg=PA260&dq=%22boot%22|%22boots%22+car+-intitle:%22boot|boots%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MYUBT93bJYnwmAWVzsToBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22boot%22|%22boots%22%20car%20-intitle%3A%22boot|boots%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 260], |
| | #*: He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the '''boot''' and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that '''boot''' but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over. | | #*: He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the '''boot''' and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that '''boot''' but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over. |
