Crossword clues for jackboot
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
jackboot \jackboot\ n.
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a man's high tasseled boot. [19th century]
Syn: Hessian boot, hessian, Wellington, Wellington boot.
A strong leather boot reaching up to or over the knee; it is worn mostly by soldiers.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era 2 (context informal English) The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy
WordNet
n. (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot [syn: Hessian boot, hessian, Wellington, Wellington boot]
Wikipedia
A jackboot is a military boot such as the cavalry jackboot or the hobnailed jackboot. The cavalry jackboot was a version of the jackboots worn by postilions, such as guided the French stage coach or diligence, as described by an English visitor to France in 1803:
The near horse of the three first, is mounted by the postilion, in his great jack boots.... These curious protectors of his legs, are composed of wood, and iron hoops, softened within by stuffing, and give him all the dignity of riding in a pair of upright portmanteaus.
The hobnailed jackboot has a different design and function than the first type. It is a combat boot that is designed for marching. It rises to mid-calf or higher with no laces and usually has a leather sole with hobnails. These boots have both been associated with totalitarianism, as they were worn by the Nazis and were used by armies in the former Soviet Union.
Usage examples of "jackboot".
Gray wore one of the camouflage uniforms, from jackboots to black cap, the brim pulled low over his eyes.
He reprimed the pistols in the holsters, got a second pair from a saddlebag, renewed the priming, and slipped one down the top of each jackboot.
Within the foyer, other servants helped the two knights and the lancer officers to remove buff-coats, helmets, bits of armor, and weapons, offering soft, comfortable felt shoon to replace heavy jackboots, along with mugs of spiced ale to lay the dust of the ride.
Cordoba Avenue in Buenos Aires, the very place where the Russian Trade Minister Gregor Komoyedov had charmed the jackboots off the two Argentinian officers.
Rupen, clad as he was in jackboots, buffcoat, plummed brimmer-hat, and doeskin gloves.
It would be impossibly Christmassy and nostalgic were it not for the occasional glimpse of a Nazi uniform, leaving a jackbooted trail in the fresh snow.
When tired, sweaty hands seemed to be slipping on a guiding line in the lowering of the bronze tube of a massive thirty-two-pounder demicannon, Sir Roberto hurriedly kicked off his jackboots and ran out onto the wet, mud-slimy, uneven boards to add his strength to the task.
The rotten, mean-faced, clipped-haired abortionists, our present-day fascist jackboots, are selling baby parts and making millions of dollars in their factories of death.
Collier wandered in, still armored and helmet-ed, his filthy, muddy jackboots leaving broad stains on the groundcloth.
Save for a modicum of camp mud along soles and heels, his jackboots were as shiny as his polished cuirass and helmet, his rich clothing clean and whole, and he made no attempt to mask his distaste at the filthy, rusty, tatterdemalion aspects of the three other officers.
Clad in court attire covered for protection from the elements and journey soil with jackboots and a hooded cloak, Bass forked a dark bay rounsey troop horse.
Neither of the royal personages altered position or even bothered to look around when the sweaty, dusty men in their heavy jackboots tramped up behind them to a jingle and clank of weapons and equipment, so Bass deliberately paced around the couch to take his stand between them and the still-singing girl, whose small, heart-shaped face had brightened at the sight of him, despite the sad words she still sang and the doleful notes her hands extracted from the small harp.
That cape he had flourished was thick maroon samite trimmed in ermine, while he wore a belt of gold links and spurred jackboots whose leather was soft and supple enough for gloves.
They moved lithely like panthers, thigh holsters and jackboots in sharp contrast to their scarlet uniforms.
The two that faced him had adorned their portly bodies with gray tunics, tight whipcord riding breeches, Sam Browne belts, jackboots, and goggled metal helmets.