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  • 131gaiter — noun Etymology: French guêtre Date: 1775 1. a cloth or leather leg covering reaching from the instep to above the ankle or to mid calf or knee 2. a. an overshoe with fabric upper b. an ankle high shoe with elastic gores in the sides …

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  • 132kiltie — noun Date: 1842 1. (or kilty) one who wears a kilt 2. a shoe with a long slashed tongue that folds over the instep; also such a tongue …

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