gaiter
A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instepA covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
» He wore gaiters, and carried a heavy stick with a knob to it.
Meaning
6 sensesA covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
Gamasche
ге́траgétra, гама́шаgamáša, штибле́таštibléta
legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle
A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
A neck gaiter.
A part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
A protective flexible sleeve covering a moving part, intended to keep the part clean.
(dialectal, obsolete)The dogwood, or a similar shrub.
Examples
2 sentencesHe wore gaiters, and carried a heavy stick with a knob to it.
Tom was wearing gaiters.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French guêtre, from Middle French guiestres, guestes pl, from Old French *guBorrowed from French guêtre, from Middle French guiestres, guestes pl, from Old French *gueste, from Frankish *wastiju, from Proto-Germanic *wastijō (“garment; dress”).
From Middle English gaytre, from Old English gāte-trēow (“the common dogwood”), equivalent to gāt (“goat”) + trēow (“tree”).
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