What was the trade name of the traveling Britisher's daughters boots?

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Asked by trisha c #327773 on 6/12/2013 4:41 AM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 6/3/2015 7:30 PM

Answered by jill d #170087 on 6/3/2015 7:30 PM

According to the narrator the boots were made by or called Prunella.

She wore side-spring boots — “prunella,” I believe, used to be the trade name — mittens, and pince-nez.

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)