When she went down town we noticed that her hats were more like the hats the other women in our town wore; but she still affected extravagant footgear, as is right and proper for a stout woman who has cause to be vain of her feet.

The Colonel changed his footgear and the melted snow in the pot began to boil noisily.

My conquering imagination soon tricked me into believing that I could lift myself by my boot-strapsor rather that I could do so when my laboratory should contain footgear that lent itself to the experiment.

The wet, rocky trail soon demoralized their footgear.

The ex-Etonian, wearing an expression such as a martyr might have worn on being told off for the stake, began to pick up the scattered footgear, whistling softly the tune of "I do all the dirty work," as he did so.

This afternoon for the first time we could start by giving one good heave together, and so for the first time we are able to stop to readjust footgear or do any other desirable task.

We shifted our footgear immediately after the camp was pitched, and by this means kept our feet glowingly warm throughout the night.

She rolled her well-shaped ankles and flipped the gilt tassels on her shoe tops to and fro (yes, indeed, some women wore tasseled footgear in those days).