Half Boot

Word HALF BOOT
Character 9
Hyphenation half -boot
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Half Boot"

What do we mean by half boot?

A boot with a short top covering only the ankle.

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The word "half-boot" in example sentences

In that instant, she brought the heel of her half-boot down on his instep as hard as she could and dropped to the ground. ❋ Deborah Gonzales (2011)

If the price tag — a whopping $755 at Barneys — is bit too high, try Jeffrey Campbell's open-toe half-boot in black. $190 at revolveclothing. com ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then they cover the feet with large socks, or, as it were, half-buskins fastened by buckles, over which they wear a half-boot, and besides, as I have already said, they are clothed with a toga. ❋ Unknown (2002)

This would not do; she immediately stopped, under pretence of having some alteration to make in the lacing of her half-boot, and stooping down in complete occupation of the footpath, begged them to have the goodness to walk on, and she would follow in half a minute. ❋ Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 (2001)

This was a foot in a half-boot of very flexible black leather, laced tight to the ankle and calf, much worn and patched, not much larger than his own, attached to a leg in rusty black trews with worn places along the hem. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2001)

The true æsthetical article is either the elastic half-boot of the middle ages; fitting on to the pantaloon, or else the thin Wellington boot of the present day under the trousers. ❋ Various (N/A)

Nevertheless, there was something good in the arrangement of the upper part of the shoe or half-boot of those times, and even of earlier days, as any one who reads the ❋ Various (N/A)

Georgette raised the bottom of her dress, in order to descend more quickly the steps, she exhibited to Frisky's indifferent eyes a beautiful ankle, and the beginning of the plump calf of a fine leg, encased in white silk, and a charming little foot, in a laced half-boot of Turkish satin. ❋ Eug��ne Sue (1830)

When Georgette raised the bottom of her dress, in order to descend more quickly the steps, she exhibited to Frisky's indifferent eyes a beautiful ankle, and the beginning of the plump calf of a fine leg, encased in white silk, and a charming little foot, in a laced half-boot of Turkish satin. ❋ Eug��ne Sue (1830)

He wore breeches or drawers reaching to the knees, and his feet and the lower part of the leg were covered with the _cothurnus_, a sort of traveller's half-boot. ❋ John Roby (1821)

The silicone rubber boots are available in full - and half-boot versions to fit all 15/32 inch bushings as well as a full boot to fit all ¼ inch bushings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

BUSKIN, half-boot, foot gear reaching high up the leg. ❋ Ben Jonson (1605)

Then they cover the feet with large socks, or as it were half-buskins fastened by buckles, over which they wear a half-boot, and besides, as I have already said, they are clothed with a toga. ❋ Tommaso Campanella (1603)

This is precluded by the inconvenience of the little shoes hardly covering half the foot, with a small heel three inches high in the middle of the sole, to say nothing of the roobend or small white linen veil, fitting tightly round the head (over the large blue veil which envelopes the whole person), and hanging over the face, with an open worked aperture for the eyes and for breathing; then the chakh-choor, half-boot half-trousers, into which gown and petticoat are crammed. ❋ Unknown (1856)

a half-boot of patent leather studded with buttons of mother-of-pearl, and followed that up by (in spite of his pronounced rotundity of figure) stepping backwards with all the elan of an india-rubber ball. ❋ Unknown (1842)

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