| 单词 | quarter boot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter boot quarter boot n. (a) a boot reaching just above the ankle (cf. half-boot n.); (b) a leather boot (boot n.3 5) used to protect the heels of a horse's forefeet from being injured by the hind feet. ΚΠ 1817 Times 24 Apr. 2/1 William Parkington [sc. an escaped prisoner] has..strong striped cord breaches, quarter boots, and white stockings. 1873 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 5 Aug. In the first heat she caught her hind foot in her fore quarter boot, bringing her to a dead stand still. 1901 Munsey's Mag. Aug. 736/1 The hind feet were protected with the toe boots, while the action of the front feet was stimulated by the weight of the quarter boots, made of soft sheepskin or leather. 1963 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 25 Aug. 11 Fashion favorite quarter-boots for high-style stepping this fall. 1981 E. H. Edwards Country Life Bk. Saddlery & Equipm. 173/3 Quarter boots are designed to protect the heels and coronets of the front feet. < as lemmas |
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