gaiter.
A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
Meaning & usage
A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
A neck gaiter.
A part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
A protective flexible sleeve covering a moving part, intended to keep the part clean.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French guêtre, from Middle French guiestres, guestes pl, from Old French *gueste, from Frankish *wastiju, from Proto-Germanic *wastijō (“garment; dress”). Cognate with Middle High German wester (“a child's chrisom-cloth”), Middle High German westebarn (“godchild”), Old English wæstling (“a coverlet”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹 (wasti, “garment; dress”).
To dress with gaiters.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French guêtre, from Middle French guiestres, guestes pl, from Old French *gueste, from Frankish *wastiju, from Proto-Germanic *wastijō (“garment; dress”). Cognate with Middle High German wester (“a child's chrisom-cloth”), Middle High German westebarn (“godchild”), Old English wæstling (“a coverlet”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹 (wasti, “garment; dress”).
The dogwood, or a similar shrub.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gaytre, from Old English gāte-trēow (“the common dogwood”), equivalent to gāt (“goat”) + trēow (“tree”).
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