Gaiter
['geɪtə] or ['getɚ]
Definition
(noun.) legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle.
(noun.) a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides.
Typist: Maura--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
(n.) A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
(v. t.) To dress with gaiters.
Checked by Delores
Definition
n. a covering of cloth &c. for the ankle fitting down upon the shoe.
Checker: Roberta
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of gaiters, foretells pleasant amusements and rivalries.
Editor: Vito
Examples
- At seventy five I expect to wear loud waistcoats with fancy buttons; also gaiter tops; at eighty I expect to learn how to play bridge whist and talk foolishly to the ladies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Bless his old gaiters,' rejoined Sam, looking out at the garden door. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He wore gaiters, and carried a heavy stick with a knob to it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He would have taken his gaiters off his legs, to give away. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He was a short, bald old man, in a high-shouldered black coat and waistcoat, drab breeches, and long drab gaiters. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It's all a matter of prejudice--prejudice with the law on its side, you know--about the stick and the gaiters, and so on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was a young fellow about seventeen, dressed like an ostler, with leather cords and gaiters. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He wore a broad-brimmed white hat, a light shooting jacket, white trousers, and drab gaiters. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He wore thick shoes, and thick leather gaiters, and thick gloves like a hedger's. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mornin', gen'l'm'n,' said Sam, entering at the moment with the shoes and gaiters. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was dressed in a sombre yet rich style, in black frock-coat, shining hat, neat brown gaiters, and well-cut pearl-grey trousers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- When I left, at nine o'clock, she was kneeling on the ground at the Doctor's feet, putting on his shoes and gaiters for him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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