highlow means an article of men's footwear, typically made of leather, lower in height than a boot, rising just above the ankle, with laces in the front. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
Etymology
From high + low.
noun
- An article of men's footwear, typically made of leather, lower in height than a boot, rising just above the ankle, with laces in the front.“He looks very odd, Clive thinks, very odd and very kind, and he looks like a gentleman, every inch of him:--not like Martin's father, who came to see his son lately in highlows, and a shocking bad hat, and actually flung coppers amongst the boys for a scramble.”