Times QC 588 by Orpheus by elle

9th June 2016, 16:47

20A: No use being unshod (8)
The answer is "bootless", which I can see means "unshod"
but I cannot fully parse it?
Pleas can someone explain ?

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9th June 2016, 16:49

Double definition

bootless

adjectivearchaic
(of a task or undertaking) ineffectual; useless.

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9th June 2016, 16:51

Thank you , Mamya!
That is not a meaning I have ever come across!

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9th June 2016, 16:54

You're welcome, not in use these days I think.

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