a. Obs. [ad. L. caligātus ‘booted,’ f. caliga half-boot, esp. that worn by the Roman soldiers: see -ATE2.] Wearing caligæ or military boots; esp. in knight caligate.
c. 1562. Entertainm. Temple, in Nichols, Progr. Q. Eliz., I. 134. After followed his messenger and Caligate Knight.
1562. Leigh, Armorie (1597), 40 b. These are Knightes in their offices, but not nobles, and are called knights Caligate of Armes, because they were startuppes to the middle legge.
1586. Ferne, Blaz. Gentrie, 106. A caligate knight, that is a souldior on foote.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Caligate, that wears stockings, buskings, or harness for the Legs.
