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

It is either this, or a sudden accession of ambition, that overcomes her, because, without a moment's notice, she turns gently on her left heel, and executes a tiny pirouette on her small Hessian boots.

From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess

“Who the devil are you?” in a gruff voice, cried Mr Handycock; a man about six feet high, dressed in blue cotton-net pantaloons and Hessian boots, with a black coat and waistcoat.

From Peter Simple by Marryat, Frederick

I cannot even bear to think of grand-mamma showing her ankles and Hessian boots!

From The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' by Doré, Gustave

A close-fitting pair of stockings to cover the legs, and peculiar slippers or Hessian boots decorated with tassels, complete the quaint costume.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.