| 单词 | butcher boots |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutcher boots butcher boots n. high boots without tops (see top n.1 17a(a)).Apparently a style of boot originally associated with butchers, but later used primarily in military and hunting contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > high or long > boots stand-ups1590 Hessian1806 pipe1819 butcher boots1860 1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough v, in New Sporting Mag. Apr. 230 My friend sharing with me a strong prejudice against what have been termed ‘Butcher-boots’. 1886 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Mar. 414/1 A man in a round hat and butcher-boots is as out of place at a hunt as a man in a tweed suit at a ball. 1941 Manch. Guardian Weekly 17 Jan. 45 Butcher boots are de luxe knee-boots used by officers. 2002 R. M. Brown Hotspur xxii. 170 Ray wore a hunt cap, black melton, fawn-colored breeches, and butcher boots. He was properly dressed for a junior. < as lemmas |
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