cowboy boot

American  

noun

1. a boot with a chunky, moderately high slanted heel, usually pointed toe, and decorative stitching or tooling, extending to mid-calf.

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Etymology

Origin of cowboy boot

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Get your blond wigs, sequin dresses and cowboy boots ready.

From Los Angeles Times

“I always wore cowboy boots and a hat,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal

Around us our classmates were guessing, and I thought Serina had it when she pointed out that the professor’s shoes were rhinestone-encrusted cowboy boots, but apparently that was on-trend for the seventies.

From Literature

The site’s imagery—replete with barrel curls, pink cowboy boots and milkmaid dresses—sketches an ideal of a modern conservative woman: a churchgoing, city-dwelling young mother who is employed and upwardly mobile.

From The Wall Street Journal

Showing off a sketch of snakeskin cowboy boots.

From Literature

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