buskins

The proconsul wore a toga ornamented with the laticlave, a broad purple band extending down the front of the garment, indicating his rank; and his feet were encased in the kind of buskins worn by consuls.

Herodias 2003

Martha took the little girl up-stairs and put on a blue delaine frock and white apron, and polished her "buskins," as the low shoes were called.

A Little Girl in Old New York Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873

But the mebers of the chorus did not wear buskins ...

Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

But the mebers of the chorus did not wear buskins ...

Advice on reading Greek tragedies Jonathan Aquino 2009

One thing we do know about the staging of Greek playsis that the tragic actors wore buskins on their feet that elevated them several inches above the ground ...

Advice on reading Greek tragedies Jonathan Aquino 2009

One thing we do know about the staging of Greek playsis that the tragic actors wore buskins on their feet that elevated them several inches above the ground ...

Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

In his quilted gray bambakion with its frayed hood, worn over a ragged white tunic, there was a hint of former service in the armies of Byzantium, while the brass eyelets on the straps of his buskins suggested a sojourn in the West.

Excerpt: Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon 2007

“An ox-hide to make buskins of yearly, because of the brambles,” echoed the Kitchener.

The Monastery 2008

Short petticoats, deep laced with silver, to correspond with the jacket, red stockings which were visible so high as near the calf of the leg, and buskins of Spanish leather, completed her adjustment, which, though far from new, had been saved as an untarnished holiday suit, which much care had kept in good order.

The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

His leathern buskins were cut and torn, and his feet marked the sod with blood.

The Fair Maid of Perth 2008