Was the .boots TLD for the Boots chemists? Companies are quick to register domains, I had to manage about 1200 or so at my last job, and migrate them to Route5

Was the .boots TLD for the Boots chemists? Companies are quick to register domains, I had to manage about 1200 or so at my last job, and migrate them to Route53. Perhaps a manager thought it was a good idea, and IT said No!