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spatterdashes

noun

Definitions

  1. Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud

    Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters.

    • [W]’i my firelock, and my bagnet, and my spatterdashes […] I was a pretty sight in my soldiering days.

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