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'Gaiters' are protective clothes or parts.
Gaiter comes from the French ''Guêtre''.
'Gaiters' are a type of protective clothing for a person's ankles and legs below the knee. Gaiters are worn when walking or hiking outdoors amongst dense underbrush or on snow, with or without snowshoes. Gaiters strap onto the hiking boot and around the person's leg to provide protection from branches and thorns and to prevent mud, snow, etc from entering the boot. Gaiters are similar to puttees, a part of numerous military uniforms.
Originally, gaiters were made of leather. Today they are commonly made of plasticized synthetic cloth such as polyester.
In Army parlance, a gaiter covers leg and bootlacing. A legging covers only the leg. The RAF confuses this by using gaiter for legging. The American Army during World War I and World War II had leggings, which were gaiters. Above the knee spatterdashes were cotton or canvas, as were many gaiters of varying lengths thereafter. Leather gaiters were rare in military, though sometimes a calf-length cotton gaiter had leather kneecaps added. Leggings, however, were very often made of leather, but also canvas.
'Gaiters' are pleated rubber tubes enclosing the front suspension tubes of some motorcycles and mountain bikes with telescopic front forks. Gaiters protect the sliding parts of the front suspension from dirt and water.
'Gaiters' formed a part of the everyday clerical clothing of bishops and archdeacons of the Anglican Communion until the middle part of the twentieth century. They were made of black cotton, wool, or silk, and buttoned up the sides, reaching to just below the knee where they would join with black breeches. Gaiters would be worn with a clerical apron, a type of short cassock reaching to just above the knee. The purpose of this vesture was originally practical, since archdeacons and bishops were presumed to be mobile, riding horses to various parts of a diocese or archdeaconry. In latter years, the clothing took on a more symbolic dimension.
In medicine, the gaiter area is that area of the lower extremity over which a gaiter fits roughly from the ankle to the proximal calf. It is in this area that the classic venous stasis ulcer occurs. Venous stasis results from damage to the vein valvular system in the lower extremity and in extreme cases allows the pressure in the veins to be higher than the pressure in the arteries. This pressure results in transudation of inflammatory mediators into the subcutaneous tissues of the lower extremity and subsequent breakdown of the tissue including the skin.
The varsity team name for Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada is the "Bishop's Gaiters".
Gaiter gets an homophone as "gator", which is a short form of alligator.
Anglicans Online: Through the Years with Gaiters
| Contents |
| Etymology |
| On people |
| On motorcycles and bicycles |
| In the church |
| Medical usage |
| In names of sports teams |
| Homophone |
| Notes |
Etymology
Gaiter comes from the French ''Guêtre''.
On people
French Fusiliers Marins wearing white gaiters (2005).
'Gaiters' are a type of protective clothing for a person's ankles and legs below the knee. Gaiters are worn when walking or hiking outdoors amongst dense underbrush or on snow, with or without snowshoes. Gaiters strap onto the hiking boot and around the person's leg to provide protection from branches and thorns and to prevent mud, snow, etc from entering the boot. Gaiters are similar to puttees, a part of numerous military uniforms.
Originally, gaiters were made of leather. Today they are commonly made of plasticized synthetic cloth such as polyester.
In Army parlance, a gaiter covers leg and bootlacing. A legging covers only the leg. The RAF confuses this by using gaiter for legging. The American Army during World War I and World War II had leggings, which were gaiters. Above the knee spatterdashes were cotton or canvas, as were many gaiters of varying lengths thereafter. Leather gaiters were rare in military, though sometimes a calf-length cotton gaiter had leather kneecaps added. Leggings, however, were very often made of leather, but also canvas.
On motorcycles and bicycles
Rubber gaiters on a 1953 BMW R51/3 motorcycle
'Gaiters' are pleated rubber tubes enclosing the front suspension tubes of some motorcycles and mountain bikes with telescopic front forks. Gaiters protect the sliding parts of the front suspension from dirt and water.
In the church
'Gaiters' formed a part of the everyday clerical clothing of bishops and archdeacons of the Anglican Communion until the middle part of the twentieth century. They were made of black cotton, wool, or silk, and buttoned up the sides, reaching to just below the knee where they would join with black breeches. Gaiters would be worn with a clerical apron, a type of short cassock reaching to just above the knee. The purpose of this vesture was originally practical, since archdeacons and bishops were presumed to be mobile, riding horses to various parts of a diocese or archdeaconry. In latter years, the clothing took on a more symbolic dimension.
Medical usage
In medicine, the gaiter area is that area of the lower extremity over which a gaiter fits roughly from the ankle to the proximal calf. It is in this area that the classic venous stasis ulcer occurs. Venous stasis results from damage to the vein valvular system in the lower extremity and in extreme cases allows the pressure in the veins to be higher than the pressure in the arteries. This pressure results in transudation of inflammatory mediators into the subcutaneous tissues of the lower extremity and subsequent breakdown of the tissue including the skin.
In names of sports teams
The varsity team name for Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada is the "Bishop's Gaiters".
Homophone
Gaiter gets an homophone as "gator", which is a short form of alligator.
Notes
Anglicans Online: Through the Years with Gaiters
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