gaiter

Meanings

1. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
2. A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
3. A neck gaiter.
4. A part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
5. A protective flexible sleeve covering a moving part, intended to keep the part clean.

1. To dress with gaiters.

1. The dogwood, or a similar shrub.

1. A surname.

Etymology

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”).