elastic-sided

English

Adjective

elastic-sided (not comparable)

Of footwear, having pieces of elastic set into the ankles on both sides.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
  I had a vision of a cotton stocking and an elastic-sided boot.

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