caligate

adjective /ˈkælɪɡeɪt/

1. Wearing caligae or military boots.

   obsolete

   These are Knightes in their offices, but not nobles, and are called knights Caligate of Armes, because they were startuppes to the middle legge.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin caligātus (“wearing soldiers’ boots, booted”), from caliga (“a Roman military leathern boot”) + -ātus (“-ed, -ate”, suffix forming adjectives), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry caligate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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