gaiter
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gaiter¹
- /ˈɡeɪ.tə/ UK
- /ˈɡeɪ.təɹ/ US
Sounds like gater, gator · Rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
Where it 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”).
noun gaiters
- 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. 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.
- A neck gaiter. [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.
- A part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
- A protective flexible sleeve covering a moving part, intended to keep the part clean.
verb gaiters · gaitering · gaitered
- To dress with gaiters.
gaiter²
Where it comes from
From Middle English gaytre, from Old English gāte-trēow (“the common dogwood”), equivalent to gāt (“goat”) + trēow (“tree”).
noun gaiters
- The dogwood, or a similar shrub.
Gaiter³
proper noun Gaiters
- A surname.
Translations
Talk about this word "gaiter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gaiter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gaiter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gaiter "gaiter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gaiter.Cite this
@misc{gaiter_2026,
title = {gaiter},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gaiter},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
