gaiter
pronunciation
How to pronounce gaiter in British English:
UK [ˈgeɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce gaiter in American English:
US ['ɡeɪtər]
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- Noun:
- a cloth covering (a legging) that provides covering for the instep and ankles
- 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
Word Origin
- gaiter
- gaiter: [18] Etymologically as well as semantically, gaiter is an ‘ankle covering’. It comes from French guêtre ‘gaiter’, which may well have been formed from Germanic *wirst-. This denoted ‘twist, turn’, and it has several modern derivatives which mean essentially ‘twisting joint’: German rist, for example, which has now migrated anatomically to the ‘instep’ and the ‘back of the hand’, originally signified ‘ankle, wrist’, and although English wrist now refers only to the hand/arm joint, it was formerly used dialectally for the ‘ankle’.=> wrist
- gaiter (n.)
- "leather cover for the ankle," 1775, from French guêtre "belonging to peasant attire," of unknown origin; perhaps from Middle French *guestre, from Frankish *wrist "instep," from Proto-Germanic *wirstiz (source also of German Rist "instep;" see wrist (n.)). Related: Gaiters; gaitered (1760).
Example
- 1. Then , wear a scarf , neck gaiter , or bandanna around your neck , mouth , and nose .