Hessian boots

British  

plural noun

1. men's high boots with tassels around the top, fashionable in England in the early 19th century

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Hessian boots

Out of his early Georgian property room, Mr. Farnol brings another grand collection of Hessian boots, shirt frills, snuff boxes, rapiers, gleaming dirks.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had white trousers, long Hessian boots, and, as usual, the Madras handkerchief on his head.

From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Martineau, Harriet

“Come in,” I cried, and a man in a pair of high Hessian boots, and dressed in black, walked into the room. 

From The Life of George Borrow by Shorter, Clement K.

He was dressed in a blue lapelled coat, light waistcoat and kerseys, and Hessian boots.

From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life by Payn, James

“You have been served just right,” remarked the intruder with the Hessian boots.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson