seven-league bootsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

seven-league boots pl (normally 複数形, 単数形 seven-league boot)

1. (folklore, fairy tale) A pair of boots enabling the wearer to cross seven leagues at one stride.
   • 1842, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lady Anne Granard, volume 2, page 211:

     The Count strode away as if he had secured seven-league boots, and in less time than it seemed possible, though it was an age to Lady Anne (...), he returned with two bank of England notes in his hand, which he put into the bailiff's, saying,—"There's your money for yourself and all. You have proper behavour, and will make no say of this littel matter."

使用する際の注意点

• The singular form is rare.