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surgical boot

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She also wore a surgical boot, just as husband Wayne did when he broke his metatarsal before the 2006 World Cup - the tournament when the "Wags" first burst onto the scene.

From BBC • May 19, 2022

There was plenty of nursing work that could be done just as well in a surgical boot as in a shoe.

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

A year later he watched the next Adelaide Test on television, a surgical boot on his foot, after an operation on his toe that would keep him out for five months.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2013

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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