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• half boot
  half boot

  noun

  a boot reaching about halfway to the knee.
• half-boot
  half-boot

  noun

  a boot reaching to the midcalf

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

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

From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2016

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Their legs were covered with a sort of half boot, open behind; and some of them, wore on the thigh a copper ring about two inches broad.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Kerr, Robert

They used no sandals; a light and ornamented shoe was worn in the house; and for walking they had a kind of coarse half boot.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829 by Various

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 The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

Photograph: Courtesy Everett Collection/Rex Then there’s that country walk the Rev Elton, Harriet and Emma take when – intending match-making – the heroine stays behind on the pretence of doing up her half-boot laces.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2015

There are a few exceptions — such as the real crocodile-skin half-boot with a sterling-silver zipper pull, which will set you back a cool $9,000.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2011

Sandal, san′dal, n. a kind of shoe consisting of a sole bound to the foot by straps: a loose slipper: a half-boot of white kid: a strap for fastening a slipper: an india-rubber shoe.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Buskin, a kind of half-boot worn after the custom of hunters as part of the costume of actors in tragedy on the ancient Roman stage, and a synonym for tragedy.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

The true æsthetical article is either the elastic half-boot of the middle ages; fitting on to the pantaloon, or else the thin Wellington boot of the present day under the trousers.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various