1) Stocking 
Boothose are linen stockings or boot liners worn in the seventeenth century to protect fine knitted stockings from wear. In the 1630s, boothose could be trimmed with lavish lace cuffs turned down over cuffed bucket-topped boots. In mid-century, it was briefly stylish to wear boothose with low-cut shoes, before boothose fell completely out of fashi...
• (n.) Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback. • (n.) Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots.
Boot'hose` noun 1. Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots. Shak. 2. Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback. Sir W. Scott. 
[n] - protective stockings worn with or in place of boots
noun protective stockings worn with or in place of boots