Meanings
singular seven-league boot
- pluralplural normallyartsA pair of boots enabling the wearer to cross seven leagues at one stride.
1 more example
The Count strode away as if he had secured seven-league boots, and in less time than it seemed possible, though it was an age to Lady Anne […], he returned with two bank of England notes in his hand, which he put into the bailiff's, saying,—"There's your money for yourself and all. You have proper behavour, and will make no say of this littel matter."
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XL, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 211
Translations
Catalan botes de set llegües
- botes de set llegüesboots enabling great stride
Chinese Mandarin 七里靴
- 七里靴 (qīlǐ xuē)boots enabling great stride
Czech sedmimílové boty
- sedmimílové botyboots enabling great stride
Dutch zevenmijlslaarzen
- zevenmijlslaarzenboots enabling great stride
Estonian seitsmepenikoormasaapad
- seitsmepenikoormasaapadboots enabling great stride
Finnish seitsemän peninkulman saappaat
- seitsemän peninkulman saappaatboots enabling great stride
French bottes de sept lieues
- bottes de sept lieuesboots enabling great stride
German Siebenmeilenstiefel
- Siebenmeilenstiefelboots enabling great stride
Hungarian hétmérföldes csizma
- hétmérföldes csizmaboots enabling great stride
Icelandic sjömílnaskór
- sjömílnaskórboots enabling great stride
Italian stivali delle sette leghe
- stivali delle sette legheboots enabling great stride
Polish siedmiomilowe buty
- siedmiomilowe butyboots enabling great stride
Portuguese botas de sete léguas
- botas de sete léguasboots enabling great stride
Russian сапоги́-скорохо́ды, семими́льные сапоги́
- сапоги́-скорохо́ды (sapogí-skoroxódy)boots enabling great stride
- семими́льные сапоги́ (semimílʹnyje sapogí)boots enabling great stride
Spanish botas de siete leguas
- botas de siete leguasboots enabling great stride
Swedish sjumilastövlar
- sjumilastövlarboots enabling great stride
Ukrainian чо́боти-скорохо́ди, семими́льні чо́боти
- чо́боти-скорохо́ди (čóboty-skoroxódy)boots enabling great stride
- семими́льні чо́боти (semymýlʹni čóboty)boots enabling great stride
Cite this entry
seven-league boots. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seven-league%20boots
“seven-league boots.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seven-league%20boots. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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