gumboot

[guhm-boot] /ˈgʌmˌbut/

Word Origin

noun

a rubber boot.

Origin of gumboot

1840-1850

An Americanism dating back to 1840-50; gum¹ + boot¹

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Historical Examples

We change into gumboots in an old cellar and our journey commences.

The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
G. K. Rose
The men crept along on sodden, swollen feet—no gumboots had been obtainable.

On the King's Service Innes Logan

British Dictionary definitions for gumboots

gumboots

/ˈɡʌmˌbuːts/

plural noun

another name for Wellington boots (sense 1)

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