half-boots

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Their high half-boots hit the enemy soil early in the moonlit night of July 9, 1943�hours before Allied landing barges disgorged infantry, tanks and artillery on Sicily's shore.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead of wearing puttees, like his commander, he wears half-boots, like those on the figurine discovered by Dawkins at Petsofa.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James

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 Cooper, A.W.

He was dressed in a slouch hat, a flannel shirt, a wrinkled old business suit and mud-splashed, laced half-boots.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward

So was his footgear, whether he wore thigh-boots, full-boots, half-boots, soldiers' brogues, half-sandals or sandals.

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas