ankle boot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ankle boot
First recorded in 1840–45
Example Sentences
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In the extreme foreground, a battered brown ankle boot, laces loosened, is reverently displayed on the table for our scrutiny, as if a holy relic placed on an altar.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
Also, it will offer products from the brand not available elsewhere such as a crocodile version of the Christopher backpack and a monogrammed ankle boot with patches.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2018
By early spring, she was hobbling along in an ankle boot, before transitioning to a walking cane.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2017
Next was a black ankle boot for men.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 16, 2015
In such cases, and as well in those due to exhaustion or fatigue, the fetlock or ankle boot must be used.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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