DCHP-3

Canada boot

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a high-topped moccasin worn by voyageurs and others in the bush.

See: English shoe,shoepack(def. 2)

Quotations

<i>a</i>1880
[We wore] beef boots--Canada boots as they are called--torn and roughened all over with scraping on stumps. . . .