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Webster 1913 Edition
Gaiter
Gait′er
,Noun.
[F.
guêtre
, cf. Armor. gweltren
; or perh. of German origin, and akin to E. wear
, v.] 1.
A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
2.
A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gaiter
GA'ITER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
gaiter
gaiter
English
Noun
gaiter (plural gaiters)
- A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep; see spats
- A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
- 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.
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- Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
Translations
covering for the ankle and instep
See also
Verb
gaiter (third-person singular simple present gaiters, present participle gaitering, simple past and past participle gaitered)
- To dress with gaiters.
Anagrams
Old French
Verb
gaiter
- Alternative form of gaitier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of gaiter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gaiter | avoir gaité | |||||
| gerund | en gaitant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | gaitant | ||||||
| past participle | gaité | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | gait | gaites | gaite | gaitons | gaitez | gaitent |
| imperfect | gaitoie, gaiteie, gaitoe, gaiteve | gaitoies, gaiteies, gaitoes, gaiteves | gaitoit, gaiteit, gaitot, gaiteve | gaitiiens, gaitiens | gaitiiez, gaitiez | gaitoient, gaiteient, gaitoent, gaitevent | |
| preterite | gaitai | gaitas | gaita | gaitames | gaitastes | gaiterent | |
| future | gaiterai | gaiteras | gaitera | gaiterons | gaiteroiz, gaitereiz, gaiterez | gaiteront | |
| conditional | gaiteroie, gaitereie | gaiteroies, gaitereies | gaiteroit, gaitereit | gaiteriiens, gaiteriens | gaiteriiez, gaiteriez | gaiteroient, gaitereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | gait | gaiz | gait | gaitons | gaitez | gaitent |
| imperfect | gaitasse | gaitasses | gaitast | gaitissons, gaitissiens | gaitissoiz, gaitissez, gaitissiez | gaitassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | gaite | — | gaitons | gaitez | — | ||