Wellington boot

Wellington boot

 
noun
1.
a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.
2.
a rubber or water-repellent leather boot extending to the knee or somewhat below it.
3.
half Wellington.
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Also, wellington boot.
Also called Wellington, wel·ling·ton.

Origin:
1810–20; after the 1st Duke of Wellington
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wellington boot

noun
(19th century) a man's high tasseled boot [syn: Hessian boot] 
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