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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: guêtre

gaiter

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes
gai‧ter [countable usually plural]
DCC a cloth or leather covering worn below the knee by men in the past, or now by walkers to keep their legs dry
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