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snowboot
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a warm, waterproof boot, usually well lined, for winter wear.
Quotations
<i>a</i>1820
I had provided myself, according to the custom of the place, with snow-boots made of Brussels carpeting, which buttoned over my boots, reaching above my ancles, with soles of rough felt.
1885
The men and officers were in the regular British uniform supplemented with snow boots, fur caps and gloves and most of them with hideous red comforters around their necks.
1962
I donned my parka and my snowboots and journeyed up to Lake Simcoe. . . .