Bluchers
a strong, leather half boot.
a shoe having the vamp and tongue made of one piece and overlapped by the quarters, which lace across the instep.
Historical Examples
Humorous Readings and Recitations Various
Oliver Twist, Vol. I (of 3) Charles Dickens
The World’s Greatest Books, Vol III Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, August 28, 1841 Various
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(obsolete) a high shoe with laces over the tongue
noun
Gebhard Leberecht von (ˈɡɛphart ˈleːbərɛçt fɔn). 1742–1819, Prussian field marshal, who commanded the Prussian army against Napoleon at Waterloo (1815)
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