Synonyms:
Hessian_boot, hessian, jackboot, Wellington, Wellington_boot
Meaning: (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
Usage examples
Thus you see that the British, in force, were between Washington's army and Bordentown, besides which there were some British and Hessian troops in the very town.
George Osborne looked at the two young women with a touched curiosity; and Joseph Sedley heaved something very like a sigh out of his big chest, as he cast his eyes down towards his favourite Hessian boots.