GAITER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gaiter mean? 

• GAITER (noun)
  The noun GAITER has 3 senses:

1. a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles

2. a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides

3. legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle

  Familiarity information: GAITER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAITER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gaiter; spat

Hypernyms ("gaiter" is a kind of...):

leg covering; legging; leging (a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gaiter" is a kind of...):

shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)

Meronyms (parts of "gaiter"):

gore; panel (a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gaiter" is a kind of...):

leg covering; legging; leging (a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle))

 Context examples 

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.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

His costume was a peculiar mixture of the professional and of the agricultural, having a black top-hat, a long frock-coat, and a pair of high gaiters, with a hunting-crop swinging in his hand.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a young fellow about seventeen, dressed like an ostler, with leather cords and gaiters.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The door was opened by an odd, swarthy, dried-up person of uncertain age, with a dark pilot jacket and brown leather gaiters.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Knightley was hard at work upon the lower buttons of his thick leather gaiters, and either the exertion of getting them together, or some other cause, brought the colour into his face, as he answered, Oh! are you there?

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

As he stepped into the circle of yellow light thrown by the lantern she saw that he was a person of gentlemanly bearing, dressed in a grey suit of tweeds, with a cloth cap. He wore gaiters, and carried a heavy stick with a knob to it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He would have taken his gaiters off his legs, to give away.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Was dressed, when last seen, in black frock-coat faced with silk, black waistcoat, gold Albert chain, and grey Harris tweed trousers, with brown gaiters over elastic-sided boots.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Two gentlemen were awaiting us in the station—the one a tall, fair man with lion-like hair and beard and curiously penetrating light blue eyes; the other a small, alert person, very neat and dapper, in a frock-coat and gaiters, with trim little side-whiskers and an eye-glass.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“In breeches and gaiters, broad-brimmed hat, grey coat, speckled choker,” said the waiter.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)