What is "boothose"

Boothose \Boot"hose`\, n.

1. Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots.
   --Shak.

2. Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback.
   --Sir W. Scott.

n. An item of clothing worn over the stockings, in fashion in the seventeenth century.

n. protective stockings worn with or in place of boots

Boothose are linen stockings or boot liners worn in the seventeenth century to protect fine knitted stockings from wear.

In the 1630s, boothose could be trimmed with lavish lace cuffs turned down over cuffed bucket-topped boots. In mid-century, it was briefly stylish to wear boothose with low-cut shoes, before boothose fell completely out of fashion.