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jungle boot

jungle boot noun: a vented combat boot designed for use in hot, wet and humid environments.

Noun

jungle boot (plural jungle boots)

  1. A vented combat boot designed for use in hot, wet and humid environments.
    • When plaster fell from the ceiling it lay to be trampled by heavy jungle-boots.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 22
    • The most common objects of pilfering were jungle fatigues and jungle boots, items that aircrew members were authorized – and encouraged – to wear, but which were difficult to obtain through normal supply channels since C-130 personnel were based outside of South Vietnam.2011, Sam McGowan, Trash Haulers: The Story of the C-130 Hercules Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Mission

Forms of jungle boot

pluraljungle boots

Questions about jungle boot

What does jungle boot mean?
Jungle boot means a vented combat boot designed for use in hot, wet and humid environments.
What part of speech is jungle boot?
Jungle boot is a noun.
What is the plural of jungle boot?
The plural of jungle boot is jungle boots.

Words near jungle boot in the dictionary

  1. jungle bendies
  2. jungle bendy
  3. Jungle Bird
  4. Jungle Bob
  5. Jungle Bobs
  6. jungle boot
  7. jungle boots
  8. jungle bunnies
  9. jungle bunny
  10. Jungle Carbine
  11. Jungle Carbines

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