half-boots
Example Sentences
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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
The shoes worn at this place in some measure resemble half-boots.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Linn?, Carl von
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
He replaced the cover on the box containing the collar and the half-boots.
From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis
It consists of wide trousers, short coats full of folds, with narrow sashes, and breast pockets for from six to ten cartridges; tight half-boots, with points turned inwards, and close-fitting fur caps.
From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida
