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

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.

The Norman half-boots had soles of wood, while the uppers were of a more pliable material.

From The Evolution of Fashion by Gardiner, Florence Mary

Shoes are now more to the shape of the foot, and high boots strapped up over the knee, also half-boots with the tops turned over to be seen.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

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 Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)