noun
A strip of cloth wound around the lower leg, historically part of military uniforms. The term is a compound of 巻き (winding) and ゲートル (from French guêtre).
See also: 巻き脚絆
昔の兵隊は、巻きゲートルを足に巻いていた。
Soldiers in the past wore puttees wrapped around their legs.
Synonymous; 巻き脚絆 is the fully Japanese reading, while 巻きゲートル uses the loanword ゲートル.
Compound of 巻き (maki, 'winding') and ゲートル (gētoru), from French guêtre ('gaiter').