Definition of "footgear" [footgear]

• Sturdy footwear, such as shoes or boots. (noun)

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• "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."
• "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."
• "With his hunting-knife he slashed the straps from his pack, unrolled his blanket, and got out dry socks and footgear."