Jackboot


[jak-boot] /ˈdʒækˌbut/

noun
1.
a sturdy leather reaching up over the knee, worn especially by soldiers.
2.
Also called jackboot tactics. brutally bullying, militaristic, or authoritarian measures.
3.
a person who uses such measures.
/ˈdʒækˌbuːt/
noun
1.
an all-leather military boot, extending up to or above the knee
2.

n.

also jack-boot, 1680s, type of large, strong cavalry boot of 17c.-18c., later a type worn by German military and para-military units in the Nazi period. From jack (n.), though the exact sense here is unclear + boot (n.1). Figurative of military oppression since 1768. Related: Jackbooted.

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