"Riding gaiters/Leggings" Topic

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42flanker	17 May 2020 11:40 a.m. PST
Greetings. This question takes us away from the field of battle, or the lists but perhaps members of this board can help. I'd be grateful to be directed to a source of information on forms of riding gaiters or leggings- known as housseaux in C15th French-, worn when trsvelling on horseback. Any morsels appreciated. Many thanks. JF
bsrlee	17 May 2020 8:11 p.m. PST
A year or so ago they found a set of thigh length riding boots in the Thames mud, with the skeletal legs of the last owner still in them.
dapeters	22 May 2020 4:40 a.m. PST
You see riding boots booth up to the thigh and pulled down off the thigh in a lot of the period art. I am wondering what the benefit was over riding boots? Cheaper?
42flanker	01 Jun 2020 10:40 a.m. PST
Cheaper perhaps. Lighter than riding boots. Cooler. Essentially the same principle as riding gaiters, chaps or 'half chaps'today.

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