JACKBOOT

Jackboot

The term jackboot denotes two very different styles of military boot, the cavalry jackboot and the hobnailed jackboot, and its derivatives. The cavalry jackboot was a version of the jackboots worn by postilions, such as guided the French stage coach or diligence, as described by an English visitor to France in 1803:

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jackboot

Noun

  1. A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era
  2. The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy
    That country has been under the jackboot of the military for years.


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