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In plural. Perhaps: a kind of high boot. Cf. startup, n. 1a. Obsolete. rare.
(hessians.) Short for Hessian boot n. at sense A.
slang. In plural: a pair of high boots; top boots. Cf. mud-pipes n. at mud, n.1 compounds 2a. Now rare.
high boots without tops (see top, n.1 17a(a)).