单词 | half jackboot |
释义 | half jackbootn. Chiefly historical after 18th cent. A type of short jackboot (jackboot n. 1) that reaches to below the knee. ΘΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > reaching to below knee bootingc1300 sabatinec1460 brodequin1481 buskin1503 bottine?a1513 Russian boot1781 half-boot1787 Wellington1816 blucher1833 squaw boot1942 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > heavy or strong > jack-boot > types of waterboot1477 ankle-jack1800 quarter-jack1809 mud boot1824 1702 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived Postscr. 231 He went up a Pair of Stairs in half Jack-Boots. a1744 W. Byrd Hist. Dividing Line (1929) 272 This..made me trip away as nimbly in my half Jack-Boots as younger men cou'd in their Shoes. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. ix. iii. 7 The elderly man had a black crape about his neck, a ramillee wig, and a pair of half jack-boots, with the tops of some old thread stockings pinned on. 1968 J. Cramer Uniforms of World's Police 4/1 Afghanistan... Uniform. Grey jackets, red trousers (tucked into black half-jackboots) and peaked caps. 2011 K. Kennedy Lady of Storm i. 1 He'd removed his stockings and half jackboots after the first hour of waiting for Cecily, and now his toes dug through the hot sand. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1702 |
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