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Ones walking through water
Answer for the clue "Ones walking through water ", 6 letters:
waders
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Word definitions for waders in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"waterproof high boots," 1841, plural agent noun from wade .
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers
Usage examples of waders.
Give me the waders, I will pull you, I haven't done any of the rowing.
He took the waders from the astonished Napoleon, slipped them on and jumped into the stream with no hesitation at all.
On their river patrols the Wendles always wear waders and when they walk the noise is strange and makes the hair creep, and when a hundred march together it sounds like a wet centipede on the move.
His body was small and wiry, like that of other Borribles, and he was clothed in warm wool-lined waders and a plastic jacket painted with bright golden paint.
They strode away stiffly, well protected in their borrowed waders, but they could not escape the ghastly odours of the mud which were released in visible clouds as they pushed their legs and feet along.
His waders were new and shone blackly and they fitted tightly to his calves and thighs.
In the guardroom would be found Wendle clothes and waders, arms and ammunition.
They were covered in the dried mud from the Wandle swamps and most strange-looking of all were the Wendle waders they wore, and the orange roadjackets.
He was hampered by his waders, but he couldn’t take them off, for his shoes were in the ear and the car now lay, squashed flat more than likely, beneath the massive thing that had fallen on the bridge.
He was wearing waders and there were scratches on his face and jagged tears in the woolen shirt he wore.
A line of men, many dressed in khaki jumpsuits or bright flotation vests, a few still sloshing in their waders, filed by the sparkly blue casket.
She apologized for answering the door half-naked, said the waders weren't really her idea.
A wader-belt was a necessity when you fished fast rivers, where even a good swimmer could drown if he fell into the drink and his waders filled with water and dragged him down.
Underwater, I pulled my fishing vest loose from the dangling float-tube strap that had snagged it, opened it, unfastened the buckles of my waders, then tried to push them down and free my legs of both waders and swim fins.
Grace Lane Vatta, dressed in worn but impeccably tailored fishing clothes, rod and creel in hand, waders slung over her shoulder, paused in the gateway between the gardens and the near paddock to watch the storm and the pleasant sweep of land between the house and the water meadows below.