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20 horse related terms (carriages, anatomy, breeds, tack)
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top boots
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synonyms: topboots ???
tags: [equestrian] [fashion]
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Definition:riding boots, i.e. tall boots for horseback riding; designed to prevent the tack from pinching the rider's legs
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Pyotr, too, crossed the room in his livery and top-boots, with his dull, animal face, and came up to her to take her to the train.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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I saw my ancient enemy the butcher, now advanced to top-boots and a baby, and in business for himself. He was nursing the baby, and appeared to be a benignant member of society.
Charles Dickens. David Copperfield (1850)
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I had got on so fast of late, that I had even started a boy in boots,—top boots,—in bondage and slavery to whom I might have been said to pass my days.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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