Meaning of high button shoe | Babel Free

Definitions

An ankle boot fastened by a row of buttons (in fashion from the late 19th to mid-20th century).

historical

Examples

“A bed slat leaning against the wall, and in one corner a woman’s high button shoe, curled up at the toe and broken over the instep.”

“She protested she could not read for a part which obliged her to appear in no more than a bra, a corset, and high-button shoes.”

CEFR level