knee boot

noun

1

: a cover for a knee or for the knees:

a

: a carriage boot for protecting the knees from rain or splatter

b

: a protective boot of padded leather used on the knees of a horse that tends to overreach or strike himself in the knee

2

: a boot reaching to the knee

wading in knee boots

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