gaiter
[gey-ter]
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noun
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.Compare upper1(def 7).
a cloth or leather shoe with elastic insertions at the sides.
an overshoe with a fabric top.
Origin of gaiter
1765–75; < French guêtre, Middle French guiestre, guestre, perhaps < Frankish *wrist, cognate with German Rist ankle, wrist. See wrist
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Examples from the Web for gaiter
Historical Examples of gaiter
The cord should be slack, and that will admit of the gaiter coming off.
The Humbugs of the WorldP. T. Barnum
Turning the gaiter over in his dark hands, he meekly assented.
Explorers of the DawnMazo de la Roche
He is nothing but a Russian corporal, occupied with a boot-heel and a gaiter button.
The Memoirs of Victor HugoVictor Hugo
Mr. Thatcher rapped his gaiter and looked before him into the fire.
Through Welsh DoorwaysJeannette Augustus Marks
Miss Adams stood tapping the toe of her gaiter with her riding whip.
Bessie at the Sea-SideJoanna Mathews
gaiter
noun (often plural)
Word Origin for gaiter
C18: from French guêtre, probably of Germanic origin and related to wrist
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