Gaiters

Word GAITERS
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Definitions and meanings of "Gaiters"

What do we mean by gaiters?

A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.

A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.

Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.

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The word "gaiters" in example sentences

I have on at this moment a very neat thing in English gaiters, of respectable dimensions, toe-corners sharp as Damascus blade, three-fourths of an inch in sole, one and a half inches in heel, with a plenty of half-inch, cast-steel nails all round, -- quite a neat thing, I assure you. ❋ Various (N/A)

"The gouty old creature in English gaiters!" he said; "let him take himself off to Prussia with that queue of his." ❋ Unknown (1862)

The legs were protected by canvas leg covering called gaiters, which buttoned up the side and were form fitting. ❋ De Brantigny........................ (2008)

I suppose they must have been some garden party -- I distinctly recall the gaiters of a bishop and the coloured linings of more than one doctor's hood among them. ❋ Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon (1918)

They also wear trail-specific items such as gaiters sock-like items designed to keep pebbles out of shoes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You may add, if you please, a few miscellaneous articles such as gaiters and extra bags, but never have I seen any man of Cho-sen walk about with more habiliments than these, although I have many times seen people who had a great deal less. ❋ Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1894)

It was the figure of a man in a leather garb, and wearing a kind of gaiters bound to the legs by strips of hide which went across and across from the instep to far above the knee. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

It won't be long before you'll think yourself lucky to go sloppin 'around in Congress gaiters and cotton stockin's two pair for a quarter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His calves grew into his feet, for the broken elastic sides of his Congress gaiters were swelled full with the fat of him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I had to wear a long-sleeved blouse with a colorfully embroidered thick cloth vest over it, plus a decorated headband and gaiters over my shoes. ❋ Yoani Sanchez (2010)

What to Pack: Guide companies will often rent gear, like heavy parkas, gaiters and climbing poles. ❋ Unknown (2011)

On the day planned for our live world dance performance, I discovered that someone in the hostel had stolen one of my gaiters, and my sister was showing the first signs of heat stroke. ❋ Yoani Sanchez (2010)

The two Morrises then got back on the road, this time finding it jammed with French troops making their way south, their fitted white uniforms and black gaiters a marked contrast to the tattered Americans. ❋ Charles Rappleye (2010)

Old men in gaiters all seemed to have bandy legs; young men in tight trousers all seemed descended from storks. ❋ A. D. Scott (2010)

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