running vbl nAn' when that bottom 'd get a bit thin they'd put what they call runnin' taps over 'em - run the. . .runnin' taps over 'em. They stand all the winter then. I wore lots of skin boots.YesDNE-cit( Transcriber has _rine taps_. The recording is poor but I'm pretty sure he is saying either _run taps_ or _running taps_ the first time ,and _running taps_ the second time. = an additional sole ???)J. D. A. WIDDOWSONUsed IUsed I2Used Ithe last sentence of the quotation does not appear in the DN