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Spats vs Gaiter - What's the difference?

spats | gaiter |

As nouns the difference between spats and gaiter

is that spats is plural of lang=en while gaiter is a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep; see spats.

As a verb gaiter is

to dress with gaiters.

spats

English

(wikipedia spats)

Noun

(head)
  • A stiff legging worn over the instep and ankles of a shoe
  • Similar device for horses
  • Long hair on front of lower legs of heavier horses (over the hooves), especially draft horses, notably the Clydesdale breed.

    • Antonyms

    * (horsehair) feather, feathers, feathering, horsefeathers

    References

    * Cowboy Dictionary] – [http://www.cowboyway.com/Dictionary/Letter-F.htm Cowboy F: Feather

    Anagrams

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    gaiter

    English

    (gaiters)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep; see spats
  • A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
  • Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.

    • See also

    * spat

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dress with gaiters.

    • Anagrams

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