topboot

English

Alternative forms

• top boot, top-boot

Etymology

From top +‎ boot.

Noun

topboot (plural topboots)

1. A high boot, generally with a band of light-coloured leather around the upper part of the leg; a riding boot.
   • 2002, Michael Hofmann, transl., The Radetsky March, Folio Society, translation of original by Joseph Roth, published 2015, page 282:

     And then he walked, with his gleaming gloves either side of his greenish-black frock coat, carefully placing one foot in front of the other to protect his brilliant top boots from the dust on the road, along the straight avenue that led up to the palace of Schönbrunn.

Translations

high boot

• German: Stulpenstiefel (de) m
• Irish: buatais f