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=== In heraldry === [[File:Blason Aresches.svg|thumb|200px|Coat of arms of [[Aresches]] municipality in France displays a boot in the [[dexter and sinister|heraldic left]] field]] Boots have been used by riders for millennia, and were used by knights. As a consequence, albeit not common, boots came to be used as [[charge (heraldry)|charge]]s in [[heraldry]]. Because of the origin of heraldry as insignia used by mounted warriors like the medieval knights, when boots are used in heraldry, they are often displayed as [[riding boot]]s, even if the [[blazon]] might not specify it as such. They are sometimes adorned with spurs, which may or may not have another [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] (colour) than the boot and the background field. Boots were also used in coats of arms of [[shoemaker]]s' [[guild]]s and in shop signs outside their shops. [[File:Giant_boots_Marikina2.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|Giant boot at [[Marikina Shoe Museum]] replacing the damaged [[Giant shoes of Marikina]]]]
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