Robt
gait-er n. a cloth or leather covering for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worh over the shoe or boot.
I believe the term 'tail-gaiter' actually refered to the protection worn by the sweeper, who followed the horses in the parade. These devices were made obsolete by the tail-bag, which rides neatly beneath the horse's tail.
'Tail-gaiters', however, are still a necessary device among 'Spherians, when their compadres start piling things a bit too deeply.
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