Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK tramp) women’s shoes.

1847		G.W.M. Reynolds Mysteries of London III 85/1: No. 4 A cat, six pair of shakester’s crabs and a cule .
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1895		C. Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 74: Skikster’s [sic] Crabs, ladies’ boots.