Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Waterproof hip boots or trousers worn especially while fishing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which wades.
- noun In ornithology, any bird belonging to the old order Grallæ or Grallatores, comprising a great number of long-legged wading birds, as distinguished from those water-birds which have short legs and webbed feet and habitually swim.
- noun High water-proof boots worn by fishermen or sportsmen in general for wading through water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, wades.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also
wading bird . SeeIllust. g, underAves .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
wades . - noun A
waterproof boot that comes up to thehip , used byfishermen , etc. - noun A
long-legged bird associated withwetland orcoastal environments .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
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Examples
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Undoutedly I will die before the ultimate wader is found at the end of the riffle!!
How Long Should Waders Last? Tim Romano 2008
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The new Guppy hip wader is a moderately priced, good-quality rubber boot made just for children, with interior adjustable straps for optimum fit, 9mm felt midsoles, and warm polymetric insulation.
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Simms has a little advertising going on on the site too ... but glad to hear that there is something better coming out than felt wader bottoms ... the bottom of the Simms should be able to help with the invasive algae species in much of the freshwater.
Feel It In Your Sole 2009
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Yes | No | Report from prairieghost wrote 51 weeks 17 hours ago i'd stay away from neoprene, too hot. most of the manufacturers are producing good, breathable waders these days. you didn't indicate whether you wanted a stocking foot to use with wading boots (which i strongly recommend) or a lug boot-footed wader.
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Simms has a little advertising going on on the site too ... but glad to hear that there is something better coming out than felt wader bottoms ... the bottom of the Simms should be able to help with the invasive algae species in much of the freshwater.
Feel It In Your Sole 2009
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It's chigger season here, so i wore hip wader to avoid getting them while walking thru the underbrush.
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I know they have the wader in the cataloge but don't know what they are called now.
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I know they have the wader in the cataloge but don't know what they are called now.
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Yes | No | Report from prairieghost wrote 51 weeks 17 hours ago i'd stay away from neoprene, too hot. most of the manufacturers are producing good, breathable waders these days. you didn't indicate whether you wanted a stocking foot to use with wading boots (which i strongly recommend) or a lug boot-footed wader.
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It's chigger season here, so i wore hip wader to avoid getting them while walking thru the underbrush.
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