hessians

They were the unmistakable, uncompromising hessians then prescribed by fashion, a pair of extremely elegant betasseled boots, which shone in glistening contrast against tight-fitting trousers invariably of some light color, and reflected their surroundings like a mirror.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

Storm was dressed as though for riding, in buff pantaloons and shining hessians topped by a snuff-coloured jacket.

The Outrageous Dowager Westleigh, Sarah 1996

He shool himself as he crossed the yard to where the young man stood kicking at stones with dusty hessians, watching the ostlers.

The Last Gamble Nichols, Mary 1996

He was glad of his greatcoat and the good leather hessians he wore.

The Last Gamble Nichols, Mary 1996

"Where I come from, children do as they are bid without inducement," she said, noticing, without meaning to, that his wide epaulettes emphasised his broad shoulders, and the cut of his blue pantaloons, tucked into highly polished hessians, enhanced his slim hips and muscular thighs.

The Last Gamble Nichols, Mary 1996

From her par lout window Lexie saw him arrive astride an expensive grey stallion, a superb figure in an exquisitely cut snuff-coloured jacket, buff pantaloons and shining hessians.

The Outrageous Dowager Westleigh, Sarah 1996

We rushed out -- the gravy basted our _pants_, and greased our hessians!

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 Various

He looked down, studying his hessians for a moment, then his dark eyes returned to meet her own.

The Snare Rafael Sabatini 1912

She was attired in a low-crowned beaver hat and a riding habit the skirt of which, hitched high in her left hand, disclosed a pair of tall boots cut like hessians.

The Adventures of Harry Revel Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

The sailor threw himself down once more in his arm-chair; and, tapping his shining hessians with the stem of his long clay in smiling abstraction, began, with all a lover's egotism, to expatiate on the theme that filled his heart.

The Light of Scarthey Egerton Castle 1889