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Use in Literature

Gaiters

They did not fit! Now, Mrs. Abercrombie intended to go out on that very morning, and she wished to wear these gaiters.–T.S. Arthur in Finger Posts on the Way of Life.

Well, don't smile: a pair of gaiters had been sent home for Mrs. Abercrombie, late on the evening previous, and one of her first acts in the morning was to try them on.–T.S. Arthur in Finger Posts on the Way of Life.

He wore low shoes beneath gaiters of the pattern worn by the Imperial Guard, doubtless for the sake of economy, because they kept the socks clean.–Honoré de Balzac in Cousin Pons (tr Ellen Marriage).

Alone of all his kind, Volpatte has retained the modest gaiters of mobilization.–Henri Barbusse in Under Fire.

They wear a peculiar kind of hat, and generally leggings, or gaiters, and their arms are the gun and bayonet.–George Borrow in The Bible in Spain.

His usual garb was a brown coat, much too large for him, a coloured neckcloth, a spotted waistcoat, grey trowsers, and short gaiters: add to these gloves of most unsullied doeskin, and a curiously thick cane, and the portrait is complete.–Edward Bulwer-Lytton in Pelham, vol 1.

The stranger slowly unbuttoned his gaiters.–Edward Bulwer-Lytton in The Disowned, vol 1.

He did not look ill in his corduroys and gaiters.–Frances Hodgson Burnett in The Shuttle.

You came upon him tramping over a nobleman's estate in shabby corduroys and gaiters, with a gun over his shoulder and a scowl on his ugly face.–Frances Hodgson Burnett in The Shuttle.

What does the studious bachelor offer me in exchange for the loss of all this? He offers me a rheumatic brown object in gaiters and a wig.–Wilkie Collins in Armadale.

• Preface iv
• Use in Literature 1
• Gaiters 1
• Gaiters – "Black" 4
• Gaiters – "Boots" 4
• Gaiters – "Buttons" 4
• Gaiters – "Leather" 5
• Gaiters – "Little" 6
• Gaiters – "Man" 6
• Gaiters – "Old" 7
• Nonfiction Usage 9
• Patent Usage 9
• Bibliographic Usage 9
• Lexicographic Usage 11
• Index 18