caulked boot

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a strong boot the sole of which is studded with steel spikes, or caulks, used by loggers to keep from slipping on wet or sloping logs.

Quotations

1943

About this time . . . loggers landed in town clad in stagged-off pants, their caulked shoes flashing sparks on the . . . pavements. . . .

1964

Caulked boots with a row of steel nails down the sides gave a certain traction on the slippery logs. . . .

2 — Figurative use

See quote.

1942

Quitting the woods for good a logger is likely to talk about . .. "throwing his caulked boots in the stove."