DCHP-2
spiked boot Lumbering DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a strong boot the sole of which is studded with steel spikes, or caulks, used by loggers to keep from slipping on wet or sloping logs.
See also: caulked boot
- 1903 . . . a riverman and spiked boots and a saw-log can do more work than an ordinary man with a rowboat.
- 1945 . . . men walking over the loose timber, in their spiked boots, sorted out with their long pike-poles . . . the longer, thinner pieces. . . .
- 1903 . . . a riverman and spiked boots and a saw-log can do more work than an ordinary man with a rowboat.