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GAITER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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))
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:
A cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
Synonyms:
gaiter; spat
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:
He was dressed in a sombre yet rich style, in black frock-coat, shining hat, neat brown gaiters, and well-cut pearl-grey trousers.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He came near me no more; but devoted himself to an old gentleman in long gaiters, to meet whom a pint of special port seemed to come out of the cellar of its own accord, for he gave no order.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
His hair, too, as he swept off his very curly-brimmed hat, was grizzled round the edges and thin upon the top. As to his dress, it was careful to the verge of foppishness, with high collar, black frock-coat, white waistcoat, yellow gloves, patent-leather shoes, and light-coloured gaiters.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We went to bed on our arrival (I observed a pair of dirty shoes and gaiters in connexion with my old friend the Dolphin as we passed that door), and breakfasted late in the morning.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But, sitting at work, not far from Doctor Strong, was a very pretty young lady—whom he called Annie, and who was his daughter, I supposed—who got me out of my difficulty by kneeling down to put Doctor Strong's shoes on, and button his gaiters, which she did with great cheerfulness and quickness.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
In fact, there was a story current among us (I have no idea, and never had, on what authority, but I have believed it for so many years that I feel quite certain it is true), that on a frosty day, one winter-time, he actually did bestow his gaiters on a beggar-woman, who occasioned some scandal in the neighbourhood by exhibiting a fine infant from door to door, wrapped in those garments, which were universally recognized, being as well known in the vicinity as the Cathedral.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I looked anxiously around; but the inquiry made no impression on any of the bystanders, if I except a man in gaiters, with one eye, who suggested that they had better put a brass collar round my neck, and tie me up in the stable.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Take him for all in all, we ne'er shall—in short, make the acquaintance, probably, of anybody else possessing, at his time of life, the same legs for gaiters, and able to read the same description of print, without spectacles.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
When I approached the Doctor's cottage—a pretty old place, on which he seemed to have expended some money, if I might judge from the embellishments and repairs that had the look of being just completed—I saw him walking in the garden at the side, gaiters and all, as if he had never left off walking since the days of my pupilage.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He was in his library (I mean Doctor Strong was), with his clothes not particularly well brushed, and his hair not particularly well combed; his knee-smalls unbraced; his long black gaiters unbuttoned; and his shoes yawning like two caverns on the hearth-rug.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
