| 单词 | boot-pac |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboot-pac Originally: a moccasin with an added sole of leather or deerskin. In later use chiefly: a boot liner or boot with an integral galosh of rubber or other waterproof material (also more fully boot-pac, pac boot). Cf. shoepack n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > heavy or strong stogy1853 pac1875 pit boot1894 bovver boot1969 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > made from specific material > skin or hide > moccasin > types of shoepack1755 opanka1778 pampootie1846 pac1875 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1590/1 Pac; Pack, a moccasin having a sole turned up and sewed to the upper. Though now made of leather of various kinds, the pac, as used by the Indians of the Six Nations, for instance, was made of hide boiled in tallow and wax; or of tawed hide subsequently stuffed with tallow or wax. 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 715 Loggers' Footgear [Figures of] India-rubber brogan. Old-fashioned boot-pack. Modern rubber-soled boot-pack. Buck~skin and leather moccasin. 1922 Outing May 68/1 Footwear, pac boots 16 inches; rubber boots. 1931 ‘Grey Owl’ Men of Last Frontier 181 And here is where my hard-soled 'packs came in. 1973 B. Wright Four Seasons North 12 The trails are slippery in our rubber-soled pacs. 1994 Bowhunting World Feb. 51/2 Where you must do a great deal of walking, lighter pac boots tailored for hiking..are best suited. < as lemmas |
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