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
Among them are a metallic leopard-print Capucines handbag as well as the women’s Star Trail Monogram ankle boot with patches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2018
Next was a black ankle boot for men.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 16, 2015
He has been on crutches, wearing an ankle boot over his right foot, since sustaining a lower-body injury late in the Rangers’ Game 7 victory over Ottawa on April 26.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2012
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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