Usage examples (34)

• "The gouty old creature in English gaiters!" he said; "let him take himself off to Prussia with that queue of his."
• The legs were protected by canvas leg covering called gaiters, which buttoned up the side and were form fitting.
• I suppose they must have been some garden party -- I distinctly recall the gaiters of a bishop and the coloured linings of more than one doctor's hood among them.
• They also wear trail-specific items such as gaiters sock-like items designed to keep pebbles out of shoes.