Wellington boots
Britishplural noun
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Often shortened to: wellies. Also called: gumboots. wellingtons. knee-length or calf-length rubber or rubberized boots, worn esp in wet conditions
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military leather boots covering the front of the knee but cut away at the back to allow easier bending of the knee
Etymology
Origin of Wellington boots
C19: named after the 1st Duke of Wellington 2
Example Sentences
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They weren't "the lightest in the world", said Cricket, who wears Wellington boots marked with the letters R and L, but on the wrong feet, in his act.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
This one shook the new reign of Queen Elizabeth II down to its Wellington boots.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023
It follows the country’s loud umbrellas and neon-blue Wellington boots of 2012 in London, along with its “Beetlejuice” stripes in Rio in 2016.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2021
On an early morning last June, I hit the streets of Lyme Regis dressed in a borrowed pair of Wellington boots and an anorak, hood cinched around my face against a cold wind.
From New York Times • May 23, 2018
We just took off in our dirty work clothes and Wellington boots with our farm baskets on our heads.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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