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  2. Caligae - Wikipedia

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    Caligae (sg.: caliga) are heavy-duty, thick-soled openwork boots, with hobnailed soles. They were worn by the lower ranks of Roman cavalrymen and foot-soldiers, and possibly by some centurions. [1] A durable association of caligae with the common soldiery is evident in the latter's description as caligati ("booted ones"). [2]

  3. Hobnail - Wikipedia

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    Hobnailed boots (in Scotland "tackety boots") are boots with hobnails (nails inserted into the soles of the boots), usually installed in a regular pattern, over the sole. They usually have an iron horseshoe-shaped insert, called a heel iron, to strengthen the heel, and an iron toe-piece.

  4. Jackboot - Wikipedia

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    A jackboot is a military boot such as the cavalry jackboot or the hobnailed jackboot. The hobnailed jackboot has a different design and function from the former type. It is a combat boot designed for marching. It rises to mid-calf or higher without laces and sometimes has a leather sole with hobnails.

  5. 5 Items From the 1970s That Are Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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    But when you truly think of items worth this title, your brain doesn’t go to Beanie Babies. Instead, it conjures up images of vinyl records and toys still made from metal. Try This: 15 Things ...

  6. List of boots - Wikipedia

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    In this list of boots, a boot type can fit into more than one of the categories, ... Hobnail boots; Caulk boots; Cowboy boots; Gumboots (mainly workwear)

  7. Brogan (shoes) - Wikipedia

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    Pair of hobnailed boots. These replaced the 1904 Russet Service Shoe, a brogan of a construction unsuitable to trench warfare or field duty in general. [6] An improved version of the trench boot, the 1918 trench boot, was nicknamed the "little tanks" because of their strong construction, and "Pershing boots" after American general John J. Pershing.

  8. Wikipedia : Peer review/Kit (association football)/archive1

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    Not necessarily the right place for it in this article but there has been some controversy over the use of the blades, injuries etc. Worth a mention? Done; I've heard repeatedly of players being encouraged to wear boots one size too small for that "special touch" which has resulted in chronic foot damage. Again, worth a mention if you can cite it?

  9. The best White Elephant gifts that everyone will be jostling for

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    White Elephant, Dirty Santa, Yankee Swap. It's the Christmas gift exchange that goes by a hundred names, with thousands of different rules that vary family to family.