DCHP-2
botte sauvage Cdn French "Indian boot" DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a kind of sturdy moccasin having uppers reaching well up the lower leg; shoepack (def. 1).
See also: botte française Canadian shoe shoepack (def. 1)
- 1889 His bottes sauvages, in odd contrast with cassock and birette, show that he has just come in from a long tramp. . . .
- 1928 Leon was well prepared for that with his thick coat, his capuchon, his bottes sauvages, and a good flask of eau-de-vie. . . .
- 1955 The canotiers always wore tall boots called "bottes sauvages". . . .
- 1889 His bottes sauvages, in odd contrast with cassock and birette, show that he has just come in from a long tramp. . . .