What is another word for Wellingtons?

Pronunciation: [wˈɛlɪŋtənz] (IPA)

Wellingtons, also known as rain boots or gumboots, are a type of waterproof footwear made from rubber. These boots are popularly used during rainy or muddy weather conditions to keep the feet dry and clean. The name 'Wellingtons' comes from the Duke of Wellington, who commissioned the first pair of such boots. A few synonyms for Wellingtons include galoshes, waders, muck boots, and rubber boots. These boots are available in different colors, sizes, and designs, with some even featuring cute patterns or decorative elements. Whatever you may call them, they are an essential tool for anyone who wants to protect their feet in wet and messy conditions.

What are the hypernyms for Wellingtons?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Wellingtons

"If you could lend me the loan of a strong pair of boots, or, better still, a good saddle horse, it might help the cause a little," replied Roland, laughingly extending both his feet to exhibit his own battered "Wellingtons."
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Why I should have been so far conducted from the habitable portion of the house I had spent my evening in, I leave the learned in such matters to explain; as for me, I have ever remarked it, while asking for a chamber in a large roomy hotel, the singular pride with which you are ushered up grand stair-cases, down passages, through corridors, and up narrow back flights, till the blue sky is seen through the sky-light, to No. 199, "the only spare bed-room in the house," while the silence and desolation of the whole establishment would seem to imply far otherwise-the only evidence of occupation being a pair of dirty Wellingtons at the door of No. 2. "Well, we have arrived at last," said I, drawing a deep sigh, as I threw myself upon a ricketty chair, and surveyed rapidly my meagre-looking apartment.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
They were what were then known as "Wellingtons," and they had legs.
"A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs"
Laurence Hutton

Related words: rubber boots, waterproof boots, dry wet boots, men's boots, womens boots, rubber work boots, work boots

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