hessian : Idioms & Phrases

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hessian boot

  • noun (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
    Wellington boot; jackboot; hessian; Wellington.
WordNet

Hessian boots, ∨ Hessians

  • boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. Thackeray.
Webster 1913

Hessian cloth, ∨ Hessians

  • a coarse hempen cloth for sacking.
Webster 1913

Hessian crucible

  • . See under Crucible.
Webster 1913

Hessian fly

  • noun small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
    Mayetiola destructor.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a small dipterous fly or midge (Cecidomyia destructor). Its larvæ live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution.
Webster 1913