iron-pegged

Updated: June 27, 2025

Short boots, with thick, iron-pegged soles, are generally preferred by trappers, and in order to render them soft, pliable, and waterproof they may be soaked or smeared with a hot mixture, composed of one part rosin, two parts beeswax, and three parts tallow. Simple tallow, or even the fat of the deer, is sometimes used for the same purpose.

W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Gibson - Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making