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Noun: combat boot
  1. A boot reaching halfway up to the knee
    "The soldiers wore combat boots during their desert deployment";
    - buskin, desert boot, half boot, top boot
     
  2. A type of heavy leather lace-up boot adopted mainly by heavy metal, punk and goth subcultures; comes in different colours and heights which are measured in the number of eyelets
    "My daughter bought herself twenty eyelet combat boots and now she has to wake up thirty minutes earlier if she wants to lace them up before leaving for school"

Derived forms: combat boots

Type of: boot, shoe

Encyclopedia: Combat boot