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surgical boot

British

noun

a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg

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That was at the end of March but with her surgical boot wrapped up in a waterproof covering, Ormerod is hobbling around on crutches in the snow at Cairngorm Mountain, in the Scottish Highlands.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2023

I also needed a large surgical boot on my foot to help me walk.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2019

She arrived on stage wearing a surgical boot which she explained in an anecdote neither interesting nor uninteresting, just ambiently pleasant to listen to, like cicadas.

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2017

One of the greatest female distance runners in history is no longer shuffling on crutches or wobbling in a surgical boot.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2015

Watching his "clumsy horror, the surgical boot, the clubfoot," she decides that he is the Devil.

From Time Magazine Archive

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