different between gailer vs gaiter

Middle English

Noun

gailer

1. jailer

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French guêtre, from Middle French guiestres, guestes pl, from Old French *gueste, from Frankish *wasta, *wastija, from Proto-Germanic *wastij? (“garment; dress”).

Cognate with Middle High German wester (“a child's chrisom-cloth”), Middle High German westebarn (“godchild”), Old English wæstling (“a coverlet”), Gothic ???????????????????? (wasti, “garment; dress”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??e?.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??e?.t??/
• Rhymes: -e?t?(?)

Noun

gaiter (plural gaiters)

1. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.

   Coordinate term: spats

2. A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
3. Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.

Translations

See also

• spat

Verb

gaiter (third-person singular simple present gaiters, present participle gaitering, simple past and past participle gaitered)

1. To dress with gaiters.

Further reading

• gaiters on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• aigret, tirage, triage, trigae

Catalan

Etymology

gaita +? -er

Noun

gaiter m (plural gaiters, feminine gaitera)

1. bagpiper

Further reading

• “gaiter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old French

Verb

gaiter

1. Alternative form of gaitier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.