A boot is a type of shoe that covers at least the foot and the ankle and sometimes extends up to the knee or even the hip. A shoe is an item of Footwear. Shoes may vary from a simple Flip-flop to a complex Boot. The foot is an Anatomical structure found in many Animals It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows Locomotion. In Human anatomy, the ankle Joint is formed where the Foot and the leg meet The knee is the lower extremity Joint connecting the Femur, Patella, and the Tibia. Most have a heel that is clearly distinguishable from the rest of the sole, even if the two are made of one piece. Traditionally made of leather or rubber, modern boots are made from a variety of materials.

Hi-top athletic shoes are generally not considered boots, even though they do cover the ankle, primarily due to the absence of a distinct heel. An athletic shoe is a Generic name for footwear designed for Sporting and physical activities, and is different in style and build than a Dress shoe

Contents 1 Types and uses 2 Boots in idiom 3 Types of boots 3.1 Forms 3.2 Styles 3.3 Sorts 3.3.1 Sport boots 3.3.2 Work boots (Work_boots) 3.4 Brands 3.5 Boot accessories 4 See also 5 External links

Types and uses

Boots designed for walking through the elements may be made of a single closely-stitched design (using leather, rubber, canvas, or similar material) to prevent the entry of water, snow, mud, dirt or through the gaps left between the laces and the tongue in other types of shoes. And that's just what they'll do. Simple waterproof gumboots are made in different lengths of uppers. The Wellington boot, also known as a wellie, a topboot, a gumboot, or a rubber boot, is a type of Boot based upon Hessian In extreme cases, thigh-boots called waders, worn by anglers, end at the hip level of the wearer. Waders refers to a Waterproof Boot extending from the foot to the chest traditionally made from vulcanised Rubber, but available in more modern PVC Such boots may also be insulated for warmth. Most boots commonly sold in retail stores are not actually waterproof.

Other types of boots are sturdy in nature, meant for protection in wilderness or industrial settings. Speciality boots have been made to temporarily protect steelworkers if they get caught in pools of molten metal; to protect chemical workers from a wide variety of chemical exposure; and there are insulated, inflatable, boots designed for walking in the Antarctic continent. However, most work boots are "laceups" made from leather; formerly they were usually shod with hobnails and heel- and toe-plates, but now usually with a thick rubber sole, and often with steel toecaps. In Footwear, a hobnail is a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of Boot Soles Hobnailed boots have been used Work boots (like the popular Dr. Martens) were adopted by skinheads and punks as part of their typical dress and have migrated to more mainstream fashion, including women's wear. For the ITV Comedy/Drama series click here Dr Martens is a Footwear, clothing and accessories brand and the footwear products are most often known A skinhead is a member of a Subculture that originated among Working class youths in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and then spread to other parts of Punk fashion is the styles of Clothing, Hairstyles, Cosmetics, Jewelry, and Body modifications of the Punk subculture.

Specialty boots have been designed for many different types of sports, particularly riding, skiing and snowboarding, skating, and sporting in wet conditions. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively For the Roman class see Equestrian (Roman Equestrianism refers to the skill of riding or driving Horses This broad description Snow skiing is a group of sports utilizing Skis as primary equipment Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a Snow -covered slope on a Snowboard attached to a participant's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding

Fashionable boots for women may have all the variations seen in other fashion footwear: tapered or spike heels, platform soles, pointed toes, zipper closures and the like. Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time Footwear consists of Garments worn on the feet, for protection against the environment and Adornment. The heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the Foot. It is based on the projection of one Bone, the Calcaneus, behind the articulation of the zipper (data structure A zipper ( English: zip fastener or zip) is a popular device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric. The popularity of boots as fashion footwear ebbs and flows. They were popular in the 1960s and 1970s, but diminished in popularity towards the end of the 20th century. Today, they are becoming popular, especially designs that have a long bootleg.

Boots have their own devotees among shoe fetishists and foot fetishists. Shoe fetishism, also known as retifism (after Nicolas-Edme Rétif) is the attribution of attractive sexual qualities to Shoes or other Footwear Foot fetishism, foot partialism, foot worship, or podophilia is a pronounced sexual interest in feet. Singer Nancy Sinatra was largely responsible for popularizing the fad of women wearing boots in the late 1960s.

Boots in idiom

• Boots, particularly those worn as protective footwear by workers (work boots) have a reputation for being as hard-wearing as their owners, hence the commonly used simile "tough as old boots". SIMILE is a research project focused on developing tools to increase the interoperability of disparate digital collections

• A long established the sole detached, giving the impression of an open mouth.

• Another fate of a discarded boot is in the construction of a musical instrument known as the "mendoza". A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. This article is about a musical instrument -- for other uses see Mendoza (disambiguation.

• Tall boots may have a tab, loop or handle at the top known as a bootstrap, allowing one to use fingers or a tool to provide better leverage in getting the boots on. A German legend about a boy lifting himself by his bootstraps into the air, allowing him to fly, has led to the word's metaphorical use in many different contexts, such as "to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. "

Further information: bootstrapping and booting

• To "die with one's boots on" means to die from violence as opposed to from natural causes (to "die in bed"); hence Boot Hill as a popular name for Wild West cemeteries. Boot Hill (or Boothill) is the name for any number of cemeteries, chiefly in the American West.

• Boot camp a colloquial term for the initial training of new recruits enlisting in a military organization. A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking

• Stormtroopers, skinheads, and other agents of authority or political strongarm tactics are typically referred to by their detractors as "jackbooted thugs," a reference to the tall riding or military-style boot of the Nazi uniform. The Stormtroopers (in German Stoßtruppen, shock troops) were specialist military troops which were formed in the last years of World War I as the German A skinhead is a member of a Subculture that originated among Working class youths in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and then spread to other parts of Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Authoritarian rule, either by hostile military forces, or by groups of armed intimidators, is imposed by "jackboot tactics. "

• The "boot", in British English and New Zealand English, refers to the storage area of a car termed the "trunk" in American English. British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the New Zealand English ( NZE, en-NZ) is the form of the English language used in New Zealand. Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology.

• To "give someone the boot" means to kick them out (of a job, a club, etc. ), either literally or figuratively.

• To "put the boot off" someone's chin.
• "The boot is on the other foot now" means that a situation has become reversed -- a previous victor is now losing, for example.

• "Boot" also became a command in early computing, to mean starting up the computer or putting a program into the memory. It is still used today. It arose as short for "pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps". This is the history of bootstrapping or booting which began in the 1880s as a leather strap and evolved into a group of metaphors that share a common meaning a self-sustaining

• Wearing "seven-league boots" references a classic children's fairy tale and indicates that a person or company can cover great distances, figuratively or literally, in a single stride. Seven-league boots are an element in European folklore. The Boots allow the wearer to take great strides&mdashseven leagues each step&mdashresulting A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving

• Boots may also be use as a beer drinking device which one will fill up the boot and drink from it. The most recent notable boot use in the movie Beerfest. David Crocket broke his boot and needs to chug a beer for it anytime someone tells him too

Types of boots

A type of boot can fit into more than one of these categories, and may therefore be mentioned more than once

Forms

• Hip boots
• Knee-high boots
• Thigh-high boots
• Wedge boots
• Ankle boots

Styles

• Chelsea boots
• Cowboy boots
• Go-go boots
• Hessian boots
• Mukluks (dry-snow boots)
• Rigger boots
• Vlahboots
• Wellington boots
• Gieka Boots

Sorts

• Lift boots
• Shearers moccasins

Sport boots

• Football boots
• Hiking boots
• Motorcycle boots
  • Engineer boots
  • Harness boots
  • Racing boots
  • Touring boots
  • Motocross boots
  • Motorcycle cop boots
• Mountaineering boots
• Riding boots
  • Cowboy boots
  • Chelsea Boots
• Ski boots and Snowboard boots
• Skates:
  • Ice skates
  • Figure skates
  • Roller skates
  • Inline skates
• Waders (footwear)

Work boots (Work_boots)

• Australian boots
• Combat boots
  • Hobnail boots
  • Jump boots (paratrooper boots)
  • Tanker boots
  • Jungle boots
  • Cold weather boots
  • Jackboots
• Cowboy boots
• Gumboots (mainly workwear)
  • Hip boots (waders or fishing boots)
  • Wellington boots (rubber or farmer boots)
  • Galoshes (overshoes)
• Firefighting boots
• Lineman boots
• Logger boots
• Rigger boots
• Steel-toe boots (safety boots)

Brands

• Chukka boots
• Doc Martens
• Nevados
• Northwest Territory (company)
• Rocky Outdoor Gear
• Sorel
• Tony Lama
• Ugg boots

Boot accessories

• Spats
• Boot jack
• Boot hooks

See also

• Boot fetish
• Shoe fetishism
• Kinky boots
• Boot cut
• Graphite

External links

• Footwear History
• The History of Boots (Archive copy at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
• Leather Boot Care
• Boot Glossary: Common Boot Terms

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Cowboy boots refer to a specific style of Riding boot, historically worn by Cowboys They have a High heel, rounded to pointed toe high shaft and traditionally Go-Go boots are a low-heeled style of women’s fashion boot worn since the mid-sixties when fashion silhouettes focused on accentuating the leg Hessian (from Hesse in Germany) refers to a style of Boot that became popular in the 18th century Mukluks or Kamik (singular kamak) are a soft Boot traditionally made of Reindeer skin or sealskin and were originally worn by Rigger boots are a particular type of safety Boot. 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Roller skates are devices worn on the Feet to enable the wearer to glide along on Wheels History The first Patented roller skate was introduced Inline skates (often called by the trade name Rollerblade) are a type of roller skate used for Inline skating. Waders refers to a Waterproof Boot extending from the foot to the chest traditionally made from vulcanised Rubber, but available in more modern PVC A boot is a type of Shoe that covers at least the Foot and the Ankle and sometimes extends up to the Knee or even the Hip. Australian work boots (or generically elastic-sided boots) are a unique style of work shoe typically constructed with a Leather upper bound together with elastic Combat boots are Military Boots designed to be worn by Soldiers during actual Combat or combat training as opposed to during Parades In Footwear, a hobnail is a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of Boot Soles Hobnailed boots have been used Jump boots (also known as paratrooper boots) are a type of Combat boot typically associated with Soldiers (called Paratroopers assigned to Tanker boots are Military Boots closely associated with Soldiers who serve on Tanks and tracked vehicles in general Jungle boots are a type of Combat boot designed for use in Jungle warfare or in hot wet and humid environments where a standard Leather combat boot would Cold weather boots are specialized waterproof Combat boots made of rubber designed to protect the wearer's feet from cold injury and Frost bite. A jackboot is a type of Combat boot that rises to at least mid-calf has no laces and typically has a leather sole with hobnails and Heel irons The term Cowboy boots refer to a specific style of Riding boot, historically worn by Cowboys They have a High heel, rounded to pointed toe high shaft and traditionally The Wellington boot, also known as a wellie, a topboot, a gumboot, or a rubber boot, is a type of Boot based upon Hessian Hip boots, or waders as they are colloquially called are a type of Boot initially designed to be worn by river Fishermen. The Wellington boot, also known as a wellie, a topboot, a gumboot, or a rubber boot, is a type of Boot based upon Hessian Galoshes (from galoches also known as gumshoes, dickersons, or overshoes, are a type of Rubber Caulk boots or cork boots (pronounced "cork" and usually called "corks" are leather nail-soled boots worn by Lumberjacks in the Timber Rigger boots are a particular type of safety Boot. The name " rigger " comes from the fact that they were first originally used by the tradesmen of the Steel-toe boots (also known as safety toe boots, steel-capped boots or safety boots) are durable Boots or Shoes that have Chukka boots or turf boots are ankle-length Boots with two or three pairs of Eyelets for lacing For the ITV Comedy/Drama series click here Dr Martens is a Footwear, clothing and accessories brand and the footwear products are most often known Founded in 1962 Sorel designs sources markets and distributes cold weather Footwear for recreational and casual use Tony Lama is a US-based corporation that designs and sells western-style boots Ugg boots are a style of Sheepskin Boot, with Wool as the inner lining and a tanned outer surface worn by both men and women Spats are a type of Shoe Accessory worn in the late 19th and early 20th century A Boot Jack, sometimes known as a Boot Device, is a small tool which aids in the removal of Boots It consists of a U-shaped mouth which grips the heel of the boot Shoe fetishism, also known as retifism (after Nicolas-Edme Rétif) is the attribution of attractive sexual qualities to Shoes or other Footwear Kinky boots are Boots with extreme characteristics which are intended to present a dramatic sexy appearance such as by a prostitute or dominatrix Bell-bottoms is a Trousers that become wider from the Knees downwards The Mineral graphite, as with Diamond and Fullerene, is one of the Allotropes of carbon. 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