gaiter

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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. Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
5. A protective flexible sleeve covering a moving part, intended to keep the part clean.

Verb

To dress with gaiters.

Concepts

guêtre

molletière

houseau

housseau

Synonymes

spat

puttee

spats

leggings

legging

leggin

spatterdashes

shin guard

leg guard

thigh-protector

Traductions

polaina

slobkous

Gamasche

polaina

tozluk

polaina

ghette

γκέτα

ghetta

botín

botí

الجرموق

calzaretto

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡeɪ.tə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: wester

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: westebarn

Appartenant à ancien anglais: wæstling

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹

In summary

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”).