We moderns, owing to our horrible system of footgear, which is hardly less absurd than the Chinese shoe, no longer know what a foot is.    From Wordnik.com.  [King Candaules] Reference

Heavy footgear had trod here, and in great numbers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kinslayer Wars]

Grub'll be ready before you get into your footgear!.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHERE THE TRAIL FORKS] Reference

He had footgear consisting of rubber, shower-type sandals.    From Wordnik.com.  [DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT] Reference

He was more concerned about his footgear than anything else.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sentenced To Prism]

Not to mention the odd task, as the tran didn't wear footgear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Icerigger]

Saugor or Bundelkhandi shoe is a striking specimen of footgear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference

By the shape his footgear had been well made, but well worn also.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rose Rent]

American woman, as I have said, looks askance at the footgear of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference

There was an odd luminescence outlining the boy's footgear-his own, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Night of masks]

They are always well dressed Mexicans wearing a nice shirt, and footgear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Appropriate to wear shorts in Mexico?] Reference

It was only natural for a shortish fellow to wear lifters on his footgear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man Who Used the Universe]

Her clothes were little more than footgear, fringed shorts, and thin blouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explorations]

I heard the metallic click of the sole plates of space footgear on the stone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Zero Stone]

Even his footgear worked against him: high-laced sandals instead of bog boots.    From Wordnik.com.  [The False Mirror]

To think that the great writer Dievushkin should walk about in patched footgear!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poor Folk] Reference

Their bead 'embroidered footgear should be in striking color on a tan background.    From Wordnik.com.  [Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People] Reference

Reflections from the gemmed plates of the footgear danced over her delicate face.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Torc]

Soundlessly on her soft leather footgear she glided to the door and looked through.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Conquering Sword of Conan]

I scarcely expected that I would do better, attired in long skirts and clumsy footgear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference

More to the point, where is Kalinda's signature footgear those tall, sleek leather boots.    From Wordnik.com.  ['What Would Kalinda Do?'] Reference

The PW was wearing a one-piece jump suit with no markings or patches, and black footgear.    From Wordnik.com.  [DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT] Reference

Jake Tuttle is there with the four children, buying them the fanciest of footgear for the morrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Valley] Reference

Napoleon and Gettysburg made no effort to remain dry shod, but puddled all day with soused footgear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Furnace of Gold] Reference

His footgear, which extended above his calves, was made of animal hide, still bearing patches of shaggy hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Time Traders] Reference

And replacing his footgear the wretched man dragged his aching limbs out again into the cold and heartless streets.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Toasts] Reference

Soon her abandoned footgear began to fill up with an interesting assortment of metallic, plastic and ceramic shapes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glory Lane]

But after they invented the snowshoe 6,000 or so years ago, the footgear made it a lot easier for them to walk in the winter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chill of Victory, Agony of the Feet: The Art of Snowshoe Racing] Reference

As we first saw them they were greatly crestfallen, but after losing their footgear all spirit seemed to have gone out of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference

After that he must have removed his footgear for, although she heard doors open and close, she could not distinguish his steps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference

I closed the bathroom door and stripped, inserting my grimy clothes and footgear into the valet machine as she'd instructed me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sagittarius Whorl]

Her eyes, a startling Irish blue, sparkled as she came across the shop, clomping every step of the way in her ancient footgear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time Scout]

Not being fleet of foot in their hobbling footgear when sober, they were at a double disadvantage when drunk and weaving on their legs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trail's End] Reference