DCHP-2

gumboot DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  a rubber boot, reaching to just below the knee.

  See also: gum ((n.)) (def. 2)  

• 2 n.

  a long rubber boot reaching to the hips.

  See also: hip-wader  

  • Other references to gumboots during the gold-rush days may well refer to hip-waders.