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
His cravat was gone; his fair young chest exposed; his velvet surtout torn and stained; his striped silk stockings in tatters; the bunches of ribbon wrenched from off his half-boots.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
Captain Tuckey was introduced to the cheeno, or hereditary chief, who, with his huge gilt buttons, stockings of pink sarcenet, red half-boots, and high-crowned embroidered hat, reminded him of punch in a puppet show.
From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Huish, Robert
He replaced the cover on the box containing the collar and the half-boots.
From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis
Some of the people hereabouts clean their half-boots and harness with the fat of fish; others purchase blacking from Norway.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Linn?, Carl von
