| 单词 | springside |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspringside springside adj. and n. (a) adj. designating a boot or shoe with elasticated side panels which allow it to be pulled on and off easily (cf. sense 29); (b) n. (usually in plural) a boot or shoe having such elasticated sides. ΚΠ 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 527/2 Ladies' white tabinet and black satin spring-side boots and dress shoes. 1870 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 15 Oct. 5/2 The boots were a pair of springsides and were not heavy ones. 1921 W. de la Mare Mem. Midget viii. 48 She, too, was in black, with a long, springside boot. 1961 Times 7 Oct. 9/7 ‘Spring sides’ certainly lasted long after the Victorian era... Zip fastened boots (liable to come undone) were not a patch on them. 2011 B. Petersen P. Jackson iv. 101 Finally Smith appeared wearing a white flannel jersey. Under this he wore..white spring-side boots and white breeches. < as lemmas |
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