Gaiter

(noun.) legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle.

(noun.) a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides.

录入:莫拉

• At seventy five I expect to wear loud waistcoats with fancy buttons; also gaiter tops; at eighty I expect to learn how to play bridge whist and talk foolishly to the ladies. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Bless his old gaiters,' rejoined Sam, looking out at the garden door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He wore gaiters, and carried a heavy stick with a knob to it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He would have taken his gaiters off his legs, to give away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He was a short, bald old man, in a high-shouldered black coat and waistcoat, drab breeches, and long drab gaiters. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It's all a matter of prejudice--prejudice with the law on its side, you know--about the stick and the gaiters, and so on. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It was a young fellow about seventeen, dressed like an ostler, with leather cords and gaiters. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He wore a broad-brimmed white hat, a light shooting jacket, white trousers, and drab gaiters. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He wore thick shoes, and thick leather gaiters, and thick gloves like a hedger's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mornin', gen'l'm'n,' said Sam, entering at the moment with the shoes and gaiters. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He was dressed in a sombre yet rich style, in black frock-coat, shining hat, neat brown gaiters, and well-cut pearl-grey trousers. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• When I left, at nine o'clock, she was kneeling on the ground at the Doctor's feet, putting on his shoes and gaiters for him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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