gumboot

English

Alternative forms

gum boot

Etymology

gum +‎ boot

Pronunciation

Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

gumboot (countable and uncountable, plural gumboots)

(New Zealand, British, Australia) A type of boot made of rubber.
(South Africa, uncountable) A style of popular music traditionally associated with gold miners.
(New Zealand) Generic black tea.
A chiton (kind of marine mollusc).

Synonyms

Wellington boot (UK, almost always used in the plural)

Derived terms

Translations

boot made of rubber

Bulgarian: галош (bg) m (galoš)
Finnish: kumisaapas (fi)
Icelandic: stígvél (is) n
Irish: buatais rubair f
Maori: kamupūtu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gummistøvel m

Nynorsk: gummistøvel m
Russian: рези́новый сапо́г m (rezínovyj sapóg)
Scottish Gaelic: bòtann m
Swedish: gummistövel (sv) c

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