| 单词 | gumboots |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgumboots gumboots n. originally U.S. boots made of ‘gum’ or india-rubber. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > made from specific material > boots buckskin1481 oker1538 gumboots1850 mukluk1898 valenki1943 1850 E. Christman One Man's Gold (1930) 119 I put on my long gum boots and waded through the water. 1875 S. Wood & H. Lapham Waiting for Mail 112 The long indiarubber ‘gum’ boots.. that he worked in at the claim. 1897 Daily News 10 July 8/4 Without the assistance of ‘gum’ boots or dust-defying gaiters. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 220 A bus lands and taxies to a shed. From it descends the Squadron Commander, who, with gum-boots and a warm coat over his pyjamas, has been ‘trying the air’. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 28 Oct. 20/3 (advt.) Men's pure gum boots, with red soles, hip length $6.95. 1962 Lancet 15 Dec. 1272/1 Twice a day I put on my gumboots to go out to feed [chickens]. 1970 Times 10 Feb. 1/7 More than 200 policemen in gumboots..drained ponds and dragged the stream. < as lemmas |
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