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meaning âcoat of mailâ. These boots were made very heavy by the mail reinforcement but are slightly less heavy nowadays because modern materials are used as stiffeners. There are now few manufacturers of cavalry jackboots, the most famous being
Schnieder Boots of Mayfair, London, the official
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jackboot has a different design and function from the former type. It is a combat boot designed for marching. It rises to mid-calf or higher without laces and sometimes has a leather sole with hobnails. Jackboots have been associated popularly with
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dispensed with them in favor of laced boots of a type then used by Austro-Hungarian mountain troops. An etymological source not derived from the cavalry jackboot has been suggested as from the word jack, jacket or
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sewn into the lining of the leather. The âwingsâ (backward projections) on these high boots particularly protected a rider's knee-joint from a sword blow. These boots are still worn and still so termed by the
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as "jack-booted thugs" in an NRA fund-raising letter. The term had been invented by United States
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in the Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The
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16:Military boot
1609:Kitten heels
1215:Safari boots
1200:Roller shoes
1195:Riding boots
1190:Racing shoes
1185:Racing flats
1145:Hiking boots
1110:Ballet shoes
1085:Ballet boots
1029:Chukka boots
1023:Beatle boots
991:Rigger boots
967:Cowboy boots
941:Trench boots
936:Tanker boots
931:Jungle boots
920:
916:Combat boots
726:Saddle shoes
696:Ballet flats
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1654:Dress socks
1649:Bobby socks
1614:Spool heels
1604:Clear heels
1576:Shoe buckle
1520:Lotus shoes
1328:Haferlschuh
1303:Espadrilles
1240:Water shoes
1220:Skate shoes
1034:Go-go boots
946:Munson Last
911:Bunny boots
744:Other shoes
665:Court shoes
599:Dress shoes
340:John Carr,
313:Riding boot
116:combat boot
1727:Categories
1664:Knee highs
1596:High heels
1525:Pampooties
1288:Bast shoes
1273:Alpargatas
1150:Ice skates
1115:Boat shoes
926:Jump boots
801:Veldskoens
756:Flip-flops
731:Slingbacks
706:Mary Janes
583:Shoemaking
329:References
323:Yuft boots
240:synecdoche
108:Bundeswehr
1689:Toe socks
1669:Pantyhose
1659:Footwraps
1581:Shoelaces
1545:Turnshoes
1535:Poulaines
1485:Carbatina
1420:Tsarouchi
1415:Snowshoes
1376:Moccasins
1225:Ski boots
1180:Plimsolls
1059:Ugg boots
984:Jika-tabi
977:Hip boots
921:Jackboots
647:Wholecuts
588:Shoe size
303:Footwraps
254:regiments
181:Wehrmacht
49:hobnailed
1679:Stocking
1530:Pigaches
1515:Hessians
1500:Chopines
1435:Valenkis
1338:Huarache
1235:Swimfins
1230:Sneakers
1210:Sabatons
1140:Ghillies
899:Military
854:Namaksin
786:Slippers
761:Galoshes
561:Footwear
493:April 7,
297:See also
120:hobnails
33:jackboot
1644:Anklets
1637:Hosiery
1586:Toe box
1480:Caligae
1470:Buskins
1425:Takunya
1386:Mukluks
1381:Mojaris
1308:Furlane
1283:Balghas
1278:Avarcas
1268:Abarkas
883:TrÀskor
873:Pattens
868:Padukas
849:Klompen
790:Uwabaki
771:Sandals
689:Women's
675:Loafers
632:Oxfords
612:Brogues
607:Blucher
519:23 July
432:, p. 43
249:fascism
236:metonym
166:fascism
153:Hungary
106:German
70:cavalry
43:or the
1684:Tights
1624:Wedges
1475:Calcei
1442:Waraji
1430:Upanah
1405:Opanci
1391:Nalins
1366:Kamiks
1361:Jorabs
1354:Jipsin
1313:Galesh
1293:Ciocie
1263:Abacas
1001:Waders
781:Slides
711:Mojari
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238:and a
227:) and
225:sapogi
217:sapogi
186:Waffen
170:Nazism
133:jerkin
47:. The
1540:Socci
1398:Okobo
1323:Giveh
1298:Clogs
1068:Other
892:Boots
878:Sabot
861:Okobo
839:Clogs
824:Bakya
716:Mules
627:Monks
622:Derby
410:dress
376:jaque
308:Kirza
83:jaque
35:is a
1696:Tabi
1674:Sock
1449:ZĆri
1318:Geta
955:Work
844:Geta
806:ZĆri
578:Shoe
521:2015
495:2014
426:ISBN
242:for
184:and
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