'jackboot' definitions:
Definition of 'jackboot'
(from WordNet)
noun
(19th century) a man's high tasseled boot [syn: Hessian boot, hessian, jackboot, Wellington, Wellington boot]
Definition of 'jackboot'
From: GCIDE
- jackboot \jackboot\ n.
- 1. a man's high tasseled boot. [19th century]
- Syn: Hessian boot, hessian, Wellington, Wellington boot. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. A strong leather boot reaching up to or over the knee; it is worn mostly by soldiers. [PJC]