if shoe is to lace then boot is to loop
While tennis shoes are comfortable, a more practical footwear would be a hunting boot. Its possible to find hunting boots that are comfortable as well as practical.
boot
Tennis shoes.
It is not a shoe. It is a ski boot.
A shoe (or boot).
That is the correct spelling of "boot" (type of shoe, German boat or ship).
tennis shoes
astute boot
vamp
brute boot
Santa's money that he stashes in his shoe is his boot loot