ankledeep

He sank ankledeep into swamp ooze with every step, but the boat was less than ten meters from shore.

The Beast That Resembles A Poem(A Handy Resource for Architects,Engineers, and Students) 2010

After she'd seen enough, Kahlan gestured, and the three of them started back through the ankledeep snow.

Men Don't Leave Me 2010

Now I could at least see the cold streamlets that I sank in, ankledeep, and avoid the worst of the foottwisting snags of rock and bramble that we encountered on the way down the hill.

Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

There had been a snow and it melted, leaving ankledeep mud everywhere that froze over in a crust at night.

ONE SHOT-ONE KILL CHARLES W. SASSER CRAIG ROBERTS 1990

It isn't my world that has the Inquisition and ankledeep horse manure in the street!

The Silent Tower Hambly, Barbara 1986

It was an hour -- an hour of standing in the street, with bare feet on the ice, under the ankledeep slush -- before old Tom and his wife got their turn to be taken.

Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise, Volume I 1915

With cool temperatures and sunny skies, the marsh was a pleasant place to be as we left the levee and waded into ankledeep water.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette stories 2008