half-boots
Example Sentences
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These men wore a sort of uniform, namely, high-crowned white hats, with flowers in the front, gray frocks, and half-boots; and their performance, I am bound to add, was by no means contemptible.
From Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II by G. R. (George Robert) Gleig
Nevertheless, though the Sergeant mounted first, Rollo followed so closely that his hands upon the rounds of the ladder were more than once in danger of being trodden upon by the Sergeant's half-boots.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Failing that, he kicked the steelwork with his heavy half-boots, yet no response came to his appeal.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Edward S. Hodgson
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 James Baikie
On their feet they wore sometimes shoes, with puttees twisted round the lower part of the leg, and sometimes half-boots, as shown on the Chieftain Vase and one of the Petsofa figurines.
From The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie
