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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Extending to or above the ankle.
  • noun A high-top shoe, especially a sneaker or athletic shoe that laces up to the ankle.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The masthead of a ship.
  • noun A kind of sweet apple.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A ship's masthead.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A kind of sports shoe that extends significantly over the wearer's ankle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of shoes or boots) having relatively high uppers

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