He had shaggy, gray-yellow hair and wore old clothes and padded boots; the heavy pack slung over his shoulders was swollen with gear.

The rocketbus hit the ground with a jolt the d'Alemberts could feel even through their thickly padded boots.

"We furnish foam pads for their hands and padded boots to protect their feet," said Ms. Furlong.

The whitejackets needed padded boots to get close.

He was able to more than get around on his two short stumps, which were encased in padded boots.

With his padded boot he toed the thing, and at the same time he leaned forward to pick something from the floor.

Jerym got from his saddle, placed his padded magnetic boots on the hull, and activated them with a quiet voice signal.

Lunzie thought of the way her feet felt in the special padded boots she wore most of the day.

One drawing is particularly nice, showing Neil Armstrong's padded boot adding a man-made crater - a footprint - to the moon's own.

Sarjenka was in between the tall, silvery tanks that comprised the secondary life-support facilities, her padded boots finding purchase before moving from one area to the next.