Gaiter

Definition of gaiter:

part of speech: noun

Covering for the ankle and foot; kind of shoe.

part of speech: noun

A covering of cloth fitting down upon the shoe.

part of speech: noun

A covering of cloth for the ankle, fitting over the top of the boot; a shoe with a cloth top.

Usage examples for gaiter:

• There's something about this cloth top and white gaiter craze that's puttin' a crimp in her perfectly good plans. "The House of Torchy", Sewell Ford.

• When the fateful hour arrived for the hurling of the Ultimatum, in very deed " not a gaiter button" was found wanting on their side; and every fighting man was well within reach of his appointed post. "With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back", Edward P. Lowry.