name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
gaiter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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gā-too͝r
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ.tə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈɡeɪ.təɹ/
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rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
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homophone: gater
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homophone: gator
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CMU ARPABET: G EY1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
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noun
Meaning 3
A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
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noun
Meaning 4
A neck gaiter.
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noun
Meaning 5
A part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
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noun
Meaning 6
A protective flexible sleeve covering a moving part, intended to keep the part clean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Meaning 7
The dogwood, or a similar shrub.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 8
To dress with gaiters.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 9
legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: legging, leging, leg covering
noun
Meaning 10
a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shoe
noun
Meaning 11
a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legging, leging, leg covering
History
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”).
From Middle English gaytre, from Old English gāte-trēow (“the common dogwood”), equivalent to gāt (“goat”) + trēow (“tree”).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: սռնապան (sṙnapan) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Asturian: polaina — covering for the ankle and instep
- Asturian: zaxón — covering for the ankle and instep
- Bulgarian: гета (geta) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Bulgarian: гамаш (gamaš) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Catalan: polaina — covering for the ankle and instep
- Danish: gamache — covering for the ankle and instep
- Dutch: slobkousen — covering for the ankle and instep
- Finnish: nilkkain — covering for the ankle and instep
- Finnish: säärys — covering for the ankle and instep
- Finnish: säärystin — covering for the ankle and instep
- French: guêtre — covering for the ankle and instep
- Galician: polaina — covering for the ankle and instep
- Georgian: გეტრი (geṭri) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Georgian: გამაში (gamaši) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Georgian: პაჭიჭი (ṗač̣ič̣i) — covering for the ankle and instep
- German: Gamasche — covering for the ankle and instep
- German: Geete — covering for the ankle and instep
- Ido: getro — covering for the ankle and instep
- Ingrian: ripa — covering for the ankle and instep
- Italian: ghette — covering for the ankle and instep
- Japanese: 脚絆 (kyahan) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Japanese: スパッツ (supattsu) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Central Kurdish: پووزەوان (pûzewan) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Lithuanian: getras — covering for the ankle and instep
- Luxembourgish: Gett — covering for the ankle and instep
- Macedonian: гамаш (gamaš) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Persian: گتر (getr) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Polish: stuptuty — covering for the ankle and instep
- Polish: getry — covering for the ankle and instep
- Portuguese: polaina — covering for the ankle and instep
- Romanian: ghetră — covering for the ankle and instep
- Russian: ге́тра (gétra) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Russian: гама́ша (gamáša) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Russian: штибле́та (štibléta) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Spanish: polaina — covering for the ankle and instep
- Spanish: sobrecalza — covering for the ankle and instep
- Ottoman Turkish: بالدراق (baldırak) — covering for the ankle and instep
- Welsh: coesarn — covering for the ankle and instep
- Welsh: coesarnau — covering for the ankle and instep