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

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

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