moon boot

noun

A type of footwear made popular in the 1970s, with a thin rubber outsole and no distinct left or right feet.

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Meanings

nounmoon boot (plural moon boots)

plural moon boots

  1. A type of footwear made popular in the 1970s, with a thin rubber outsole and no distinct left or right feet.

    I looked around. Ari in a green jacket with four inches of fore arm showing and trousers at half mast, Penny and I in mismatched padded jackets and ski trousers which were way too long; and all wearing the silver moon boots that had been the rage in the early eighties.

    2016, Jeff Payne, Rider (page 142)
  2. AustraliainformalAn orthopedic boot, a large hard plastic covering used to protect a broken foot or ankle while it heals.

Translations

Finnish kuukenkä
  • kuukenkätype of footwear
Cite this entry
APA

moon boot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moon%20boot

MLA

“moon boot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moon%20boot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moon boot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moon%20boot.

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