seaboot
seaboot noun: a waterproof boot for use on ships in bad weather.
Noun
seaboot (plural seaboots)
- A waterproof boot for use on ships in bad weather.
- There was a low rumbling of heavy sea-boots among the benches, and a still slighter shuffling of women's shoes, and all was quiet again, and every eye on the preacher.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
- Doubtless he had a middle because there was a shrivelled little voice pickled away somewhere in his vitals, but his sou'wester came so low and his sea-boots so high, the rest of him seemed negligible.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 18, in Klee Wyck
Forms of seaboot
| plural | seaboots |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sea-boot |
Origin of seaboot
From sea + boot.
Questions about seaboot
- What does seaboot mean?
- Seaboot means a waterproof boot for use on ships in bad weather.
- What part of speech is seaboot?
- Seaboot is a noun.
- What is the plural of seaboot?
- The plural of seaboot is seaboots.
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