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2. Gaiters - Wikipedia

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   By the 1770s military gaiters were often shortened to mid-calf length ("half-gaiters") for convenience in the field. [1] In army parlance, a gaiter covers leg and bootlacing; a legging covers only the leg. In Royal Air Force parlance, gaiter includes leggings. The United States Army during World War I [2] and World War II had leggings, which ...

3. Chaps - Wikipedia

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   The leg shape is cut somewhere between batwings and shotguns, and each leg usually has only two fasteners, high on the thigh. They are cooler to wear and hence a design that is suitable for very warm climates. They are occasionally called "half-chaps" [53] (not to be confused with gaiters-style half chaps described below).

4. Shelter-half - Wikipedia

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   A shelter-half is a simple kind of partial tent designed to provide temporary shelter and concealment when combined with one or more sections. Two sheets of canvas or a similar material (the halves) are fastened together with snaps, straps or buttons to form a larger surface.

5. List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions

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   This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).

6. Half guard - Wikipedia

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   The lockdown (known in judo as niju garami) [1] is a variant of half guard where the defending practitioner further intertwines the legs to achieve a figure four.Using the more extended of their legs, the practitioner traps and drives the foot of the opponent upward; thereby attempting to limit the ability of the opponent to pass to full mount or side control.

7. Genu varum - Wikipedia

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   Genu varum (also called bow-leggedness, bandiness, bandy-leg, and tibia vara) is a varus deformity marked by (outward) bowing at the knee, which means that the lower leg is angled inward in relation to the thigh's axis, giving the limb overall the appearance of an archer's bow.