Gaiter

Quick meaning: Gaiter is a noun meaning A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.

Meaning

A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.

More Meanings

1. A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
2. A neck gaiter.
3. A part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
4. (automotive) A protective flexible sleeve covering a moving part, intended to keep the part clean.
5. (transitive) To dress with gaiters.
6. (obsolete, dialectal) The dogwood, or a similar shrub.

Example Sentences

[He] stood and pulled up the gaiter around his neck to mask his mouth and nose. “People are careful around here, so you'll want to put your mask on,” she told Perry.

Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

Word Forms

• gaiters
• gaitering
• gaitered

Synonyms for gaiter

Depending on context, synonyms include spat, spats.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spats, spat, puttee, galosh, legging, gambado.

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