half-boots
Example Sentences
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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 Ida Pfeiffer
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
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
The Postín or sheepskin coat is almost universal on both sides of the Hindu Kúsh; and Wood notes: "The shoes in use resemble half-boots, made of goatskin, and mostly of home manufacture."
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
The shoes worn at this place in some measure resemble half-boots.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Carl von Linn?
