half-boots

Nevertheless, though the Sergeant mounted first, Rollo followed so closely that his hands upon the rounds of the ladder were more than once in danger of being trodden upon by the Sergeant's half-boots.

From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

A pair of gold ear-rings, bracelets of the same metal, and half-boots of alligator's skin and scarlet cloth, completed her graceful exterior.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 by Various

On their feet they wore sometimes shoes, with puttees twisted round the lower part of the leg, and sometimes half-boots, as shown on the Chieftain Vase and one of the Petsofa figurines.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie

Mahommed gave him a pair of red morocco half-boots for a child, on which, near the tops, a name was worked in silk.

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Lewis Wallace

Between the loose short trousers and the clumsy half-boots, replacing the sandals that were the customary wear of the person described, several inches of lean and sinewy leg were visible.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various