gaiter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a protective covering worn over the ankle and lower leg, often extending over the top of a shoe

   She fastened her gaiters before crossing the muddy field.

2. 2
   noun

   a historical ankle-high shoe or overshoe, often with elastic at the sides

   The portrait shows him wearing polished black gaiters beneath his trousers.

Borrowed from French guetre, via Middle French forms, probably from a Frankish and ultimately Proto-Germanic word for a garment or covering. The English word has referred to several kinds of protective ankle and lower-leg wear.

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