combat boot

American  

noun

1. a heavy, usually laced and close-fitting boot of hard leather extending above the ankle and having a sole and heel of hard rubber.

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combat boot British  

noun

1. a heavy army boot

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Example Sentences

Her rebel leader dominates the first act, making DiCaprio’s Bob look like a piddly, ponytailed follower barely fit to lick her combat boot.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

Marines earned a peerless reputation for amphibious assaults across World War II’s Pacific theater, but with China now asserting itself across the Indo-Pacific, the combat boot is on the other foot.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2023

One day he visited a combat boot factory in Kabul, where he was impressed to see workers making a boot that emulated a flip-flop sandal.

From New York Times • May 30, 2022

The leg with the combat boot and all .

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2015

He let Europe take the lead, and vowed not to put a single U.S. combat boot on Libyan soil.

From Time • Oct. 20, 2011