half-boots

An oh-so-refined and elegant livery; hose with one black leg and one white, black half-boots, black, long-sleeved tunic coming to the knee, crisp, white shirt beneath it.

Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

Flowing sleeves caught in long, close cuffs at the wrists, white-on-white embroidery and even beadwork, leathers softer even than deerskin with cut-out patterns as elaborate as lace and long fringe that fell like a waterfall, beautifully tooled and fringed boots and half-boots, and more of the ubiquitous silk so beloved of the Tayledrasthe clothing was far more exotic than she could have imagined Whites would be.

Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

Darker gray half-boots of Russian kid with black silk tassels, and a black-and-white-striped winter parasol completed the ensemble.

The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010

Rising to her feet, she tiptoed across the carpet to the door, as silent in her two-inch-heeled half-boots as a barefoot ninja on grass.

Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010

Thereafter I was issued with a new puggaree, half-boots and pyjamy breeches, a new and very smart silver-grey uniform coat, a regulation sabre, a belt and bandolier, and a tangle of saddlery which was old and stiff enough to have been used at Waterloo (and probably had), and informed by a betel-chewing havildar that if I didn't have it reduced to gleaming suppleness by next morning, I had best look out.

Fiancée 2010

There were even shoes and boots in her exact size, and she had no hesitation in carrying off a pair of kid half-boots that matched the skirt.

red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

They wore, indeed, short hauberks, but had over them party-coloured tunics of rich stuffs, with large wide pantaloons and half-boots.

The Talisman 2008

Roman dress (viz., a silver helmet, a flowing periwig, a cuirass of gilt leather richly embroidered, a light blue velvet mantle, and crimson morocco half-boots): and in this habit I rode my bay horse

The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

Suppose he had not unbuckled his sword or worn Wellington half-boots, which he was able to easily kick off, instead of his usual formal lace-ups?

Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

Suppose he had not unbuckled his sword or worn Wellington half-boots, which he was able to easily kick off, instead of his usual formal lace-ups?

Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006