| 单词 | congress boot |
| 释义 | > as lemmascongress boot congress boot n. a high boot with elastic sides. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > with elastic sides congress boot1847 congress gaiter1852 Jemimas1902 Chelsea boots1962 1847 Semi-Weekly News (Fredericksburg, Va.) 12 Aug. 3/1 (advt.) Congress Boots and Shoes. 1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 178 Men's dress boots, congress boots, and fine shoes. 1865 A. Lewis & J. R. Newhall Hist. Lynn 417 The congress boot began to be manufactured at this time (1846). Its peculiarity consisted mainly in the substitution of an elastic gore for the old lacing. 1923 K. D. Wiggin My Garden of Memory 46 A Congress boot, with the triangle of elastic on the side which characterized that creation of the late sixties. 1938 J. W. Daniels Southerner discovers South 156 He wore congress boots with elastic sides. < as lemmas |
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