also: ガムぐつ
rubber shoes; rubber boots; wellingtons
Refers to footwear made of rubber, typically waterproof boots like rain boots or Wellington boots.
On rainy days, I go out wearing rubber boots.
Alternate spelling using ガム, an older or variant transcription of 'gum'. Rarely used.
Compound of ゴム (gomu, 'rubber', from Dutch 'gom') and 靴 (kutsu, 'shoes'). The variant ガム靴 uses an older transcription of 'gum'.