half boot

American  

noun

1. a boot reaching about halfway to the knee.

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half-boot British  

noun

1. a boot reaching to the midcalf

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Etymology

Origin of half boot

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Or will their fly half boot it as high in the air as he can?

From The Guardian

A kind of half boot, named from the Prussian general Blcher.

From Project Gutenberg

The Laplanders, unlike us, wear no heels to their half boots.

From Project Gutenberg

Motecusuma himself, according to his custom, was sumptuously attired, had on a species of half boot, richly set with jewels, and whose soles were made of solid gold.

From Project Gutenberg

She wears embroidered red half boots, trimmed and lined with fur.

From Project Gutenberg