half-boots

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Their high half-boots hit the enemy soil early in the moonlit night of July 9, 1943�hours before Allied landing barges disgorged infantry, tanks and artillery on Sicily's shore.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Postín or sheepskin coat is almost universal on both sides of the Hindu Kúsh; and Wood notes: "The shoes in use resemble half-boots, made of goatskin, and mostly of home manufacture."

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

Failing that, he kicked the steelwork with his heavy half-boots, yet no response came to his appeal.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.

Besides these slippers there were a pair of small, strong, shooting half-boots.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick

Besides these slippers there were a pair of small strong shooting half-boots.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold