corked boot

noun, variation of ‘caulk/ed boot’ | ‘caulk/ed boot’: a strong boot the sole of which is studded with steel spikes, or caulks, used by loggers to keep from slipping on wet or sloping logs (DCHP)

“In the logging camps they’re just plank floors, ’cause you wear corked boots, eh. Sharp. It tears them up.”