topboot
English
Alternative forms
- top boot, top-boot
Etymology
From top + boot.
Noun
topboot (plural topboots)
- A high boot, generally with a band of light-coloured leather around the upper part of the leg; a riding boot.
- 2002, Michael Hofmann, translating Josepth Roth, The Radetsky March, Folio Society 2015, p. 282:
- And then he walked, with his gleaming gloves either side of his greenish-black frock coat, carefully placing one foot in front of the other to protect his brilliant top boots from the dust on the road, along the straight avenue that led up to the palace of Schönbrunn.
- 2002, Michael Hofmann, translating Josepth Roth, The Radetsky March, Folio Society 2015, p. 282:
Translations
high boot
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