‖ † guetre Obs.
[F. guêtre: see gaiter n.1]
= gaiter n.1 1.
| 1760–72 tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) I. 195 We had provided ourselves with guetres, and muschito cloths. 1794 T. Coxe View U.S. 121 Eight millions of pairs of boots, shoes, half boots, guetres, slippers, clogs, and goloshes, are annually consumed in or exported from the United States. |