Sentence:  Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad <WSD>gaiters</WSD> and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.