Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gaiter

Gaiter , noun

[French guêtre, compare Armor. gweltren; or perh. of German origin, and akin to English 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.

Gaiter , transitive verb

To dress with gaiters.