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Gaiter   Listen
noun
Gaiter  n.  
1.
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.
2.
A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.





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"Gaiter" Quotes from Famous Books



... English boots and shoes, however thick, for the bush in winter, and that nothing can surpass, and scarcely any foot-gear equal, a light shoe or slipper, with a very thick ribbed worsted sock over it, put into an india-rubber golosh, which is kept on by a high spring gaiter. [See Note 1.] There was no longer any doubt about the ice bearing, and so, having worked hard all the morning, Philip, Harry, and Charley set off with skates on feet, the two latter in high glee at the thought of going so great a distance over ...
— The Log House by the Lake - A Tale of Canada • William H. G. Kingston
... of the evening, one of the rooms was cleared for a dance. Montfort was solicited to join in a quadrille, and a beautiful partner was even presented to his notice; but he wanted confidence and knowledge, and he had no faith in the integrity of the gaiter shoes he had vamped up for the occasion, so that he was forced to decline. This incident revived some of his morbid feelings that had begun to slumber, and he caught himself muttering something about ...
— The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales • Francis A. Durivage


Words linked to "Gaiter" :   leg covering, congress gaiter, leging, shoe, legging


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