half-boots
Example Sentences
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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
Having converted his half-boots into sandals, he travelled with more ease.
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston
He replaced the cover on the box containing the collar and the half-boots.
From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Lewis Wallace
Shoes like short half-boots are worn here made of seal-skin.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Carl von Linn?
Their legs were bare, but painted with the juice of the huito, which made it appear that they had on half-boots.
From Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas by A.W. Cooper
