jackboot

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒækbuːt/

Etymology: From Old French jaque (“coat of mail”).

A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.
“On a huge tomb-like table in the middle of the room, lay two pencilled profiles of Mr. Fielding, a pawnbroker’s ticket, a pair of ruffles, a very little muff, an immense broadsword, a Wycherley comb, a jackboot, and an old plumed hat; […]”
“There was a wonderful variety of costume to be seen and studied among the persons around me, […] other soldiers in helmets and jackboots; French officers of various uniform; monks and priests; attendants, in old-fashioned and gorgeous livery; […] so that, in any other country, the scene might have been taken for a fancy ball.”
The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy.
“That country has been under the jackboot of the military for years.”

Etymology: From Old French jaque (“coat of mail”).

To stamp on with a jackboot.
“The two porters leapt into action, steamed up to the front of the room and started jackbooting the burning paper.”
To march in jackboots.
“All his childhood they had stormed through the cinema newsreels, jackbooting triumphantly through Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Paris. Now they would jackboot through Garmouth. Followed by the Gestapo.”