subs. (Winchester College).—Thick boots used for football. [Probably from being smeared with beeswax to render them supple]. Pronounced Bĕswaxers.
c. 1840. MANSFIELD, School-Life at Winchester College, 157. Our costume consisted of a jersey, flannel trousers, BEESWAXERS (lace-up boots), or ‘High-lows’ (low shoes), with two or three pairs of ‘Worsteders’ (thick worsted stockings), the feet of all but one pair being cut off.
