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

Between the loose short trousers and the clumsy half-boots, replacing the sandals that were the customary wear of the person described, several inches of lean and sinewy leg were visible.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various

These men wore a sort of uniform, namely, high-crowned white hats, with flowers in the front, gray frocks, and half-boots; and their performance, I am bound to add, was by no means contemptible.

From Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II by Gleig, G. R. (George Robert)

The Norman half-boots had soles of wood, while the uppers were of a more pliable material.

From The Evolution of Fashion by Gardiner, Florence Mary

The latter gentleman had a large staff, a large head, large features, and large half-boots; and he looked as if he had been taking a proportionate allowance of ale—as indeed he had.

From Oliver Twist by Dickens, Charles