As an afterthought he pulled off the shabby man's chukka boots and did likewise with them.

They must be size fourteen in those gleaming hand-made chukka boots, and she smiled again thoughtfully.

A man with suede chukka boots said, 'Our deep-frozen fish-fingers nearly beat him.

"Three Guards' commanders had on rather worn corduroy trousers, chukka boots and old school scarves."

Three pairs of pebble-grained chukka boots.

Once inside the main building they were met by a wiry man in a dark-blue plaid wool shirt, jeans, and chukka boots.

In a recent collection, Anna Sui featured models in henley shirts, cords and chukka boots.

About the sweater and crocodile chukka boots for $1,275 you ask: "Might these be dark symbols of some kind of cataclysmic fin de siecle?

"That should do it," he gave his opinion as he stripped to his shirt and khaki shorts and pulled off his chukka boots.

They are sometimes considered light boots, although their topline is considerably lower than those of chukka boots or desert boots, which are otherwise similar.

Chukka boots or turf boots are ankle-length boots with two or three pairs of eyelets for lacing.

'The only thing I learned at Cambridge,' said Bernhard, 'was how to put on a pair of fifteen-inch trousers without first removing my chukka boots.'

Marc wore a faded green twill shirt over a white cotton turtleneck, a pair of tattered Levi's, and muddy Gokey chukka boots.

Those boots and mountain boots, chukka boots and military boots are replacing athletic shoes as the favorite choice of many youths for everyday wear.

* The Polo/Ralph Lauren shop at 72d Street and Madison Avenue sells crocodile chukka boots for $1,275 a pair.

Aldens specializes in handcrafted mens leather boots and dress shoes, such as Oxfords, Blüchers, loafers, and Chukka boots.

As he leads a tour of the house, dressed in dark sweats and chukka boots, he exhibits a trace of Ulee's distinctive walk: splay-footed, with a slight limp.

A form of chukka boots worn by British forces in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II are desert boots.

The first group, called Red Brick Soul, features a selection of dirty bucks, saddle shoes, chukka boots and loafers that all sport the red brick colored sole.

From shiny suede chukka boots to frayed corduroys, the observer's eye led over an expanse of shabby raincoat to a grizzled face, unshaven of chin, dark of eye and topped by a greasy fedora.

At die front of the classroom, an instructor clad in a red-and-black plaid lumber shirt, jeans, and chukka boots was holding forth on the topic he had written on the green chalkboard behind him: "Surveillance Techniques in Urban Areas."

He needed to price it at $540 (your "Charity and Crocodile Chukka Boots" editorial of Nov. 30 shows that people will buy anything if it's expensive enough) and label it "Woman's Man-Tailored Hacking Jacket."

For his fashion show at Laura Belle, a discotheque on West 43d Street, Mr. Robinson sent the models out with shirts untucked, unconstructed jackets hanging loose, and either chukka boots or Converse All-Star high-top sneakers on their feet.

Besides the basic model, which comes with lace or Velcro closure, Apex also makes Ambulator sandals for people with forefoot problems "Chukka boots to accommodate edema, deformities and partial amputations and special light-weight "healing shoes" for people convalescing from a foot treatment.

He hung up the expensive and conservative clothes of Lamont Cranston, and donned the more sporting clothes of Kent Allard: a cashmere sport jacket with the leather elbow patches, grey whipcord trousers, chukka boots, and bright wool shirt with dark tie that Allard liked to wear.

Chukka boots or turf boots are ankle-length boots with two or three pairs of eyelets for lacing.