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 • Feb. 6, 2016

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

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2016

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

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

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