half-boots

The black half-boots, the white doeskin breeches, the brown brass-buttoned frock, and the white hat with the brown cockade.

From Man on the Box by Harold MacGrath

Knee-breeches of the same material, with laced half-boots and leather leggins, set off his stout calf and well turned ankle.

From Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago by Henry William Herbert

And now the infantry burst into view, a gloomy, solid column tramp, tramp along the road—jägers, with their stiff fore-and-aft shakos, dull-green tunics, and snuffy, red-striped trousers tucked into dusty half-boots.

From Lorraine A romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

The latter gentleman had a large staff, a large head, large features, and large half-boots; and he looked as if he had been taking a proportionate allowance of ale—as indeed he had.

From Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

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