Gaiter is a soleless piece of footwear used to protect the upper part of the shoe and the lower part of the leg.
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Gaiter
//ˈɡeɪ.tə//
Synonyms for "gaiter" (2 found)
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38 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- սռնապան noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гамаш noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- гета noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Catalan
1 entries- polaina noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پووزەوان noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Danish
1 entries- gamache noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Dutch
1 entries- slobkousen noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Finnish
3 entries- nilkkain noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- säärys noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- säärystin noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
French
1 entries- guêtre noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Galician
1 entries- polaina noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Georgian
3 entries- გამაში noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- გეტრი noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- პაჭიჭი noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
German
2 entries- Gamasche noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- Geete noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Ido
1 entries- getro noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Ingrian
1 entries- ripa noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Italian
1 entries- ghette noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Japanese
2 entries- スパッツ noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- 脚絆 noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Lithuanian
1 entries- getras noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Gett noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Macedonian
1 entries- гамаш noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بالدراق noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Persian
1 entries- گتر noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Polish
2 entries- getry noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- stuptuty noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Portuguese
1 entries- polaina noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Romanian
1 entries- ghetră noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Russian
3 entries- гама́ша noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- ге́тра noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- штибле́та noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Spanish
2 entries- polaina noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- sobrecalza noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Welsh
2 entries- coesarn noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
- coesarnau noun (covering for the ankle and instep)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
[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.
Source: wiktionary
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