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Noun

1. 1
   Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters. plural, plural-normally

   "[W]’i my firelock, and my bagnet, and my spatterdashes […] I was a pretty sight in my soldiering days."

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spatterdashers

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"[W]’i my firelock, and my bagnet, and my spatterdashes […] I was a pretty sight in my soldiering days."

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