Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The upper part of the leg of a boot.
  • noun In boots of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the large flaring upper part of the boot-leg, capable of being turned over.
  • noun Hence— A lace ruffle worn around the leg, and covering the inside of the leather boot-top.
  • noun In some modern boots, a reverse of light-colored leather, as if a part of the lining, turned over the top of the boot-leg. See top-boot.

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Examples

  • His costume, bejeweled white from shoulder to white patent-leather boot-top, evoked Elvis.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • His costume, bejeweled white from shoulder to white patent-leather boot-top, evoked Elvis.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • His costume, bejeweled white from shoulder to white patent-leather boot-top, evoked Elvis.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • I might even have done so — I was on the very brink of snatching the gun from my pocket or bending for the knife in my boot-top — when something touched my arm.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • I might even have done so — I was on the very brink of snatching the gun from my pocket or bending for the knife in my boot-top — when something touched my arm.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • He nears Second Harbor Way West, trying not to limp or to disclose the sabre tucked into his boot-top.

    The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

  • I slid them on, did up the bootlaces, and returned the slim throwing knife that had been lodged awkwardly in my belt to its customary boot-top sheath.

    O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999

  • I slid them on, did up the bootlaces, and returned the slim throwing knife that had been lodged awkwardly in my belt to its customary boot-top sheath.

    O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999

  • Then a Turanian captain walked in, wearing silk from headdress to boot-top and a jeweled dagger in his sash.

    Conan and The Mists of Door Green, Roland 1995

  • As I shivered in the saddle, I recalled fondly the heat of the day when I travelled to Nylan, at least in comparison to the chill that had already numbed my legs from boot-top to thigh.

    The Magic of Recluce Modesitt, L. E. 1991

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