elastic-sided

English

Adjective

elastic-sided (not comparable)

1. Of footwear, having pieces of elastic set into the ankles on both sides.
   • 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     I had a vision of a cotton stocking and an elastic-sided boot.