[
US
/ˈɡeɪtɝ/
]
[ UK /ɡˈeɪtɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈeɪtɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides
- legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle
- a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
How To Use gaiter In A Sentence
- In deep snow, a pair of gaiters is also useful to prevent snow from cascading over your boot tops.
- He was an extremely picturesque gardener, dressed in knickerbockers and leather gaiters, with a touch of red in his waistcoat, and a cardigan jacket and a cap on the side of his head. Just Patty
- After all, I had distanced myself from the granola crowd the year before by skiing in knickers rather than blue jeans and gaiters.
- There may be something amusing in a bishop's gaiters, but only because they are a bishop's.
- Stretched upon a low child's bed, of the sort called trundle-bed in those days, which could be wheeled under the high-legged bed of the parents, lay the bridegroom, in his wedding-dress and gaitered shoes, with his steeple-crowned hat upon the faded calico quilt beside him, and his face as red as burning fever could make it. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times
- In the cobbled backstreets mustachioed old men in tweed jackets and gaiters drive decorated carts at breakneck speeds.
- Proper footwear, skin tougheners, taping, frequent sock and shoe changes, proper hydration, correct lacing techniques, and gaiters all contribute to the prevention of blisters.
- We drape our snow gaiters and boots around the stove, hoping they'll dry overnight.
- n the morning he did not answer the summons to breakfast, and when Mr. Thomas went to learn what the difficulty was, he found the Bishop without a gaiter.
- All right, but on Christmas Eve, don't be surprised if a Father Christmas comes down the chimney, six feet tall wearing a red hat and white gaiters.