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

I wore a gray felt hat, a travelling paletot, and Hessian boots, such as were then the fashion in California.

From A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas by Loviot, Fanny

For the purpose of making any change in her dress as difficult as possible, she wore a high, tight-fitting black velvet frock, fastened at the back, and high Hessian boots, with innumerable buttons.

From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence

“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 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