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

The shoes worn at this place in some measure resemble half-boots.

From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Linn?, Carl von

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.

Instead of wearing puttees, like his commander, he wears half-boots, like those on the figurine discovered by Dawkins at Petsofa.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James

Mahommed gave him a pair of red morocco half-boots for a child, on which, near the tops, a name was worked in silk.

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis