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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Example Sentences

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

Wildfire, a sleek, powerful roan of large size, was a fit steed for the stalwart Tom, who, in neatly-fitting costume and Hessian boots, got into the saddle like a man accustomed to it.

From The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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

He wore an old-fashioned suit, a droll sort of cap, and Hessian boots.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

How differently my father must have appeared; perhaps in a blue coat, buff vest, and Hessian boots.

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Melville, Herman