top boot

American  

noun

1. a high boot, especially one having a cuff of a different material, color, etc., from the rest of the boot.

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top boot British  

noun

1. a high boot, often with a decorative or contrasting upper section

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Etymology

Origin of top boot

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

When I came to I found that my foot had swollen enormously, that the top boot I was wearing had burst, and that they were doing their best to cut it away.

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He wore top boots up to his knees with long steel spurs.

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Gold-laced knights with big swords at their sides, curly-locked princesses with satin shoes on dainty feet, stalwart musketeers with top boots and big moustachios—all are types which still hold their own pretty well.

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He was dressed for riding, with buff coat and buckskin breeches, and shining top boots.

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The prisoner was in an open barouche, dressed in a blue coat and gilt buttons, white waistcoat, drab breeches, and white top boots, and his hair was powdered.

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