Definitions for waders

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waders wad·er

Spelling: [wey-der]

IPA: /ˈweɪ dər/

Waders is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in waders (adersw).

Definitions for waders

noun

1. a person or thing that wades.
2. Also called wading bird. any of various large birds having long legs, long necks, and long bills, that are adapted for wading in shallow waters and living on fish, frogs, etc., as the crane, heron, stork, shoebill, ibis, and flamingo.
3. British. any of various ground-nesting shorebirds of small to moderate size, as the gull, tern, skimmer, phalarope, and plover.
4. waders, high, waterproof boots used for wading, as by fishermen, duck hunters, or laborers.

Origin of waders

First recorded in 1665-75; wade + -er¹

Examples for waders

Party in waders (on the shallower side, with nice trout on).

I believe his waders fasten, not round his waist, but round his neck.

A governor who doesn't zip down to Argentina for a little feathered sport isn't worth his waders.

The Knot is not only very gregarious, but social, and often mixes with companies of other waders.

The Flamingo is one of the most curious of the tribe of waders.

He had been drawing on his waders and buckling on his creel.

She flashed upon him the fish that had been hidden behind her waders.

waders are not necessary, and a long cast is seldom required.

But he drew the line at waders, as not being in the department of a mere he-cousin.

You could fish from the banks, but it is better to have waders, so you can cross once in a while.