半はん靴ぐつ

noun

low shoes; shoes

Only with reading はんぐつ

Historical term for low-cut shoes, as opposed to boots. Restricted to the reading はんぐつ.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの資し料りょうには「半はん靴ぐつ」という言こと葉ばが出でてくる。

  The word '半靴' appears in documents from the Edo period.

noun

informal riding shoes without ankle strap

A specific type of informal riding shoe lacking an ankle strap. The reading is not restricted, but はんぐつ is the most likely reading.

• この博はく物ぶつ館かんには、昔むかしの「半はん靴ぐつ」と呼よばれる乗じょう馬ば用ようの靴くつが展てん示じされている。

  This museum displays old riding shoes called 'hangutsu'.