footgear

IPA: fˈʊtgˈɪr

Examples of "footgear" in Sentences

John Taylor said his natives love Giraffe skin for footgear.
There he hung his damp footgear among a score or so of mates.
Their arms and legs, however, were bare, and they wore no footgear.
His wife fell in behind the last sled, betraying long practice in the art of handling the awkward footgear.
With his hunting-knife he slashed the straps from his pack, unrolled his blanket, and got out dry socks and footgear.
We moderns, owing to our horrible system of footgear, which is hardly less absurd than the Chinese shoe, no longer know what a foot is.
Snowshoers use specialized footgear that allows them to spread their weight over a larger area, which keeps them from sinking into deep snow and makes it possible to hike into snowy areas that would otherwise be inaccessible.
Practically the only extra items of wearing apparel which were carried were a few pairs of Eskimo sealskin _kamiks_ (boots), for it can readily be imagined that several hundred miles of such walking and stumbling over snow and ice would be rather hard on any kind of footgear which could be made.