Gaiter — Gait er, n. [F. gu[^e]tre, cf. Armor. gweltren; or perh. of German origin, and akin to E. wear, v.] 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gaiter — Gai ter, v. t. To dress with gaiters … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gaiter — leather cover for the ankle, 1775, perhaps from Fr. guêtre belonging to peasant attire, from M.Fr. *guestre, probably from Frank. *wrist instep, from P.Gmc. *wirstiz (Cf. Ger. Rist instep; see WRIST (Cf. wrist)). Related: Gaiters … Etymology dictionary
gaiter — ► NOUN 1) a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and lower leg. 2) chiefly US a shoe or overshoe extending to the ankle or above. DERIVATIVES gaitered adjective. ORIGIN French guêtre … English terms dictionary
gaiter — [gāt′ər] n. [altered (after GAIT) < Fr guêtre, earlier guietre, prob. < Frank * wrist, instep, akin to WRIST] 1. a cloth or leather covering for the instep and ankle, and, sometimes, the calf of the leg; spat or legging ☆ 2. a shoe with… … English World dictionary
gaiter — [18] Etymologically as well as semantically, gaiter is an ‘ankle covering’. It comes from French guêtre ‘gaiter’, which may well have been formed from Germanic *wirst . This denoted ‘twist, turn’, and it has several modern derivatives which mean… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
gaiter — UK [ˈɡeɪtə(r)] / US [ˈɡeɪtər] noun [countable] Word forms gaiter : singular gaiter plural gaiters a piece of leather or cloth that covers and protects your leg from the knee to the ankle … English dictionary
gaiter — [18] Etymologically as well as semantically, gaiter is an ‘ankle covering’. It comes from French guêtre ‘gaiter’, which may well have been formed from Germanic *wirst . This denoted ‘twist, turn’, and it has several modern derivatives which mean… … Word origins
Gaiter — Recorded in various spellings as shown below this is an English surname, but one ultimately of Norse Viking 8th century origins. It derives from the word geit meaning a goat, through the later medieval English gayte . It described a goatherd as… … Surnames reference
Gaiter (disambiguation) — Gaiter may refer to: *Gaiters, worn on legs *Bishop s Gaiters *Gaiter (vehicle) *Crus, the lower legPeople: *Dorothy Gaiter, wine columnist of The Wall Street Journal ee also* Gator … Wikipedia
