Salamence@mander.xyz to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoBootslemmy.mlimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareManticore@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·edit-26 months agoSeems like she’s asking if he’d like the boots to be treated with (or soaked in) oils. To preserve them, possibly make them water-tight
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoCorrect. It’san older term for boots impregnable to water.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoThose are actually two different etymologies/meanings. The word “impregnable” itself has two meanings, which kind of mean the opposite of each other. See etymology 1 and 2 here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impregnable For “impregnate”, it lists the meaning “to fill pores or spaces with a substance” under the same etymology as knocking someone up (which is etymology 2 above): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impregnate
Seems like she’s asking if he’d like the boots to be treated with (or soaked in) oils. To preserve them, possibly make them water-tight
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Correct. It’san older term for boots impregnable to water.
Those are actually two different etymologies/meanings. The word “impregnable” itself has two meanings, which kind of mean the opposite of each other.
See etymology 1 and 2 here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impregnable
For “impregnate”, it lists the meaning “to fill pores or spaces with a substance” under the same etymology as knocking someone up (which is etymology 2 above): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impregnate
That is quite a coincidence