High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A jackboot is a combat boot rising to at least mid-calf, with no laces, typically a leather sole with hobnails, and heel irons.The term probably originates from association with the word jack or jerkin, as a common garment worn by the peasantry. Although jackboots date since before the Napoleon Bonaparte era and are still worn by many American police officers on motorcycles (motor officers), 20th century jackboots, or the word at least, has been associated with totalitarian motifs. The word is commonly used in Britain as a synonym for totalitarianism, particularly fascism, although jackboots and similar types of footwear have been worn by various British regiments since the 18th century.

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