half-boots
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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 Edward Lucas White
It is laid in the regulations of Mr. Tyson, M.C., who directed that “no gentleman in boots or half-boots be admitted into the rooms on ball nights or card nights.”
From Pickwickian Studies by Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald
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
Shoes like short half-boots are worn here made of seal-skin.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Carl von Linn?
Besides these slippers there were a pair of small strong shooting half-boots.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by Francis Leopold McClintock
