gaiter

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Etymology

From the French guêtre.

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.
3. Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.

Translations

covering for the ankle and instep

• Danish: gamache (da)
• Dutch: slobkousen (nl)
• Finnish: nilkkain (fi) (ankle-high), säärys (fi), säärystin (fi) (knee-high)
• French: guêtre (fr) f
• Ido: getro (io)
• Italian: ghette (it) f
• Japanese: 脚絆 (ja) (きゃはん, kyahan), スパッツ (ja) (supattsu)

• Lithuanian: getras (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Gett (lb)
• Macedonian: гамаш (mk) (gámaš) m
• Polish: stuptuty (pl) f pl
• Russian: гетра (ru) (gétra) f, гамаша (ru) (gamáša) f, штиблета (ru) (štibléta) f
• Spanish: polaina (es) f

See also

• spat

Verb

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

1. To dress with gaiters.

Anagrams

• aigret, triage

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Old French

Alternative forms

• guaitier

Etymology

Of Germanic origin (from Old Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”)). Compare Anglo-Norman waiter from the Old Northern French variant.

Verb

gaiter

1. to watch; to survey

Derived terms

• gaite

Conjugation

• 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, gaitez
gerund		en gaitant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		gaitant
past participle		gaité, gaitez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	gaite, gait	gaites, gaits	gaite, gait	gaitons	gaitez, gaités	gaitent
	imperfect	gaitoe, gaiteie, gaitoie	gaitoes, gaiteies, gaitoies	gaitot, gaiteit, gaitoit	gaitions, gaitiions	gaitiez, gaitiiez	gaitoent, gaitient, gaitoient
	past historic	gaitai	gaitas	gaita	gaitames	gaitastes	gaiterent
	future	gaiterai	gaiteras	gaitera	gaiterons	gaiterez, gaitereiz	gaiteront
	conditional	gaiteroe, gaitereie, gaiteroie	gaiteroes, gaitereies, gaiteroies	gaiterot, gaitereie, gaiteroie	gaiterions, gaiteriions	gaiteriez, gaiteriiez	gaiteroent, gaitereient, gaiteroient
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 past historic 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	gaite, gait	gaites, gaits	gaite, gait	gaitons	gaitez	gaitent
	imperfect	gaitasse	gaitasses	gaitast	gaitissons	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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	gaite	—	gaitons	gaitez	—

Descendants

• French: guetter
• Jèrriais: dgetter