Definition of Gumboot

1. Noun. (New Zealand British) A type of boot made of rubber. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gumboot

1. a rubber boot [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gumboot

gum up
gumaguma
gumagumas
gumba
gumball
gumball machine
gumbe
gumbo
gumbo-limbo
gumbo limbo
gumbo limbos
gumbo soil
gumboil
gumboils
gumboot (current term)
gumboots
gumbos
gumbotil
gumbotils
gumdrop
gumdrops
gumless
gumlike
gumline
gumlines
gumma
gummas
gummata
gummatous

Literary usage of Gumboot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Zealand Driving Holidays: 29 New Zealand Holiday Itineraries and Touring by Donna Blaber (2005)
"We Visit the gravesite of Billy gumboot the goat [ex-president of Whangamomona!), float on a raft beneath galaxies of glowworms, ..."

2. A Water-power Reconnaissance in South-central Alaska by Clarence Eugene Ellsworth, Royal William Davenport, John Clayton Hoyt (1915)
"Between gumboot Basin and the the creek falls more than 150 feet. gumboot Basin is a flat beginning about 1 mile from the bay and extending eastward along ..."

3. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"... Siskiyou Mts, W fork Cottonwood Cr, SW of Hilts, Wheeler 2783 in 1934 (MO, POM, US, Z); rd. to gumboot Lake, ca. 12 mi. ..."

4. The Rainbow's End: Alaska by Alice Palmer Henderson (1898)
""Side-wheeler," for instance, has a long and a short leg. gumboot Annie, Ben Butler, Mukluk Lizzie, Cannibal Ike, Billy the Horse, Peter Pig, Outlaw Bill, ..."

5. Adventure Guide to New Zealand by Bette Flagler (2005)
"October gumboot Festival - Taihape. Dates vary. The festival lasts for three days, at the end of October or beginning of November. ..."

6. Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest by Don Young, Marjorie Young (1999)
"... 2.5 miles north of Weed; Picayune and gumboot, both of which start from Lake Siskiyou; Soda Creek, 2.2 miles south of the Dunsmuir interchange off 1-5; ..."

7. Biggs's Bar, and Other Klondyke Ballads by Howard Vigne Sutherland (1901)
"This 33's a dead sure thing, gumboot me if I lie; There's fifty thousand in that dump—just take a pan and try." Bill took a pan and found a chunk. ..."

8. Southern Africa: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe by Bernard Joliat (2000)
"The programme of attractions includes a twice-daily performance of African dances by the gumboot Dancers, clad in the miners' standard issue rubber boots. ..."

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