gaiter

See also: Gaiter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French guêtre, from Middle French guiestres, guestes (plural form), from Old French *gueste, from Frankish *wasta, *wastija, 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”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gaiter (plural gaiters)

  1. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep; see spats
  2. A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
      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.
  3. Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.

Translations

See also

Verb

gaiter (third-person singular simple present gaiters, present participle gaitering, simple past and past participle gaitered)

  1. To dress with gaiters.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

gaita +‎ -er

Noun

gaiter m (plural gaiters, feminine gaitera)

  1. bagpiper

Further reading

Old French

Verb

gaiter

  1. Alternative form of gaitier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of gaiter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive gaiter avoir gaité
gerund en gaitant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle gaitant
past participle gaité
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present gait gaites gaite gaitons gaitez gaitent
imperfect gaitoie, gaiteie, gaitoe, gaiteve gaitoies, gaiteies, gaitoes, gaiteves gaitoit, gaiteit, gaitot, gaiteve gaitiiens, gaitiens gaitiiez, gaitiez gaitoient, gaiteient, gaitoent, gaitevent
preterite gaitai gaitas gaita gaitames gaitastes gaiterent
future gaiterai gaiteras gaitera gaiterons gaiteroiz, gaitereiz, gaiterez gaiteront
conditional gaiteroie, gaitereie gaiteroies, gaitereies gaiteroit, gaitereit gaiteriiens, gaiteriens gaiteriiez, gaiteriez gaiteroient, gaitereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present gait gaiz gait gaitons gaitez gaitent
imperfect gaitasse gaitasses gaitast gaitissons, gaitissiens gaitissoiz, gaitissez, gaitissiez gaitassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— gaite — gaitons gaitez —
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