Gaiter

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtÉ™(ɹ)

Origin

From the French guêtre.

Full definition of gaiter

Noun

1. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep; see spats
2. A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 2, Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
3. Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.

Verb

1. To dress with gaiters.

Anagrams

• aigret, triage