jungle boot

noun

jungle boot

noun
1

A vented combat boot designed for use in hot, wet and humid environments.

  • When plaster fell from the ceiling it lay to be trampled by heavy jungle-boots.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 22:
  • The most common objects of pilfering were jungle fatigues and jungle boots, items that aircrew members were authorized – and encouraged – to wear, but which were difficult to obtain through normal supply channels since C-130 personnel were based outside of South Vietnam.2011, Sam McGowan, Trash Haulers: The Story of the C-130 Hercules Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Mission:

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