Brewer's: Dew-beaters

The feet; shoes to resist the wet.

“Hold out your dew-beaters till I take off the darbies [iron shoes or fetters].” —Peveril of the Peak

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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