spatterdash

American  

[spat-er-dash] / ˈspæt ərˌdæʃ /

noun

1. a long gaiter to protect the trousers or stockings, as from mud while riding.

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spatterdash British  

/ ˈspætəˌdæʃ /

noun

1. another name for roughcast

2. (plural) long leather leggings worn in the 18th century, as to protect from mud when riding

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Other Word Forms

• spatterdashed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of spatterdash

First recorded in 1680–90; spatter + dash ¹

Example Sentences

On view were his latest works, featuring a spatterdash Homage to Meissonier, which most certainly would not please Meissonier, a 19th century French academic who painted romances of gladiators and Napoleonic battles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pantaloons of coarse cloth or leather descend to the knee; the legs are protected by woollen stockings, and sometimes by a species of spatterdash, either of cloth or leather; stout high-lows complete the equipment.

From The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain by Borrow, George Henry

One of the members in Brasbridge's time was Mr. Hawkins, a worthy but ill-educated spatterdash maker, of Chancery Lane, who daily murdered the king's English.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

From heavy guns, ammunition-wagons and draught-horses, down to the last buckle of a spatterdash, things are all ticketed and ready in his Majesty's country; things, and still more evidently men.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06 by Carlyle, Thomas