Wellingtons

['weliŋtənz]

(n. pl.) A kind of long boots for men.

Typist: Marion

n. a kind of riding-boots covering the knee in front but cut away behind: a shorter closely-fitting boot worn under the trousers.

Edited by Julia

It would excuse theft in Washingtons and Wellingtons, and unchastity in women as well. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Then the sleepless Boots went shirking round from door to door, gathering up at each the Bluchers, Wellingtons, Oxonians, which stood outside. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

Edited by Julia