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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. Veterinary prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   A Pug with a prosthetic hind leg. A veterinary prosthesis is a medical device that takes the place of an absent body part for an animal. These devices are created with the intention of mimicking the body part to serve the same purpose and functionality. [1]

4. Chaps - Wikipedia

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   Chaps are intended to protect the legs of cowboys from contact with daily environmental hazards seen in working with cattle, horses and other livestock. They help to protect riders' legs from scraping on brush, injury from thorns of cacti, sagebrush, mesquite and other thorny vegetation. Chaps are also useful for other types of riding.

5. Canine terminology - Wikipedia

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   Canine terminology in this article refers only to dog terminology, specialized terms describing the characteristics of various external parts of the domestic dog, as well as terms for structure, movement, and temperament. This terminology is not typically used for any of the wild species or subspecies of wild wolves, foxes, coyotes, dholes ...

6. 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.

7. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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   an arrangement at the bottom of trouser-legs whereby a deep hem is made, and the material is doubled-back to provide a trough around the external portion of the bottom of the leg. (US: cuffs) twee * excessively cute, quaint, or "precious" [168] (Similar to US cutesy) twopenn'orth, tuppenn'orth, tup'en'oth