gaiter

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A heavy cloth or leather covering for the leg extending from the instep to the ankle or knee.
2. n. A similar covering of lightweight, moisture-resistant fabric, used by skiers and hikers.
3. n. An ankle-high shoe with elastic sides.
4. n. An overshoe with a cloth top.
5. n. A high tubular collar fitting closely around the neck, often worn by skiers.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A covering of cloth for the ankle, or the ankle and lower leg, spreading out at the bottom over the top of the shoe; a spatterdash.
2. n. Originally, a kind of shoe, consisting partly of cloth, covering the ankle; now, also, a shoe of similar form, with or without cloth, generally with an insertion of elastic on each side.
3. To dress with gaiters.
4. n. The dogwood-tree. Now gaiter-tree, gattridge.

Wiktionary

1. n. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep; see spats
2. n. A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
3. n. Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
4. v. to watch; to survey

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. 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. n. A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
3. v. To dress with gaiters.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
2. n. legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle
3. n. a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides