| 单词 | trench boot |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrench boot trench boot n. a boot designed to be suitable for the wet, muddy conditions typical of trench warfare; usually in plural.Chiefly during, or with reference to, the First World War (1914–18). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > legging and boot combined cockerc1390 gambado1625 gambages1663 stocking1676 trench boot1914 1914 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Dec. 992/1 If the men had ‘trench boots’—very large boots made of canvas stuffed with straw to pull on over their boots—much preventable suffering and loss of men in the firing line would have been avoided. 1915 Times 15 Feb. 5/6 (advt.) Rubber trench boots... Absolutely waterproof. 1933 J. Buchan Prince of Captivity ii. i. 132 He wore a tattered trench waterproof and..ancient trench-boots. 1973 Country Gentlemen's Mag. Mar. 184/2 Officer's brown leather calf length trench boots..practically new. 2003 C. Sterba Good Americans iv. 95 The men learned that its vapor could be absorbed through the skin as well by inhalation, and penetrated ordinary clothing, even their heavy trench boots. < as lemmas |
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