jackboot

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

jackboot
    n 1: (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot [syn: {Hessian
         boot}, {hessian}, {jackboot}, {Wellington}, {Wellington
         boot}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jackboot \jackboot\ n.
   1. a man's high tasseled boot. [19th century]

   Syn: Hessian boot, hessian, Wellington, Wellington boot.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. A strong leather boot reaching up to or over the knee; it
      is worn mostly by soldiers.
      [PJC]