Misrepresented as boot? None the less, it is footwear (5)
I believe the answer is:
sabot
'footwear' is the definition.
(sabot is a kind of footwear)
'misrepresented as boot? none the less' is the wordplay.
'misrepresented' is an anagram indicator.
'none' becomes 'o'.
'the less' suggests deleting specific letters.
'boot' with 'o' taken out is 'bot'.
'as' is an anagram of 'sa'.
'sa'+'bot'='SABOT'
'it is' is the link.
(Other definitions for sabot that I've seen before include "footwear from Paris" , "French wooden shoe" , "sole support?" , "Wooden clog" , "Carved shoe -- boats (anag)" .)