Obs. [See BOOTY sb.1: but could this be orig. from BOOT sb.1 in sense of ‘profit’?] Sharing, participating.
c. 1430. Lydg., Bochas, IV. (1494), Q iv a. His desyre and his entencion Was to be boty [ed. 1554 booting] with theym of suche pillage.
1570. Levins, Manip., 111. Bootye, particeps.
