Definition of garter Garter
/gɑˈɹtɚ/ - [garter] - Gar•ter
We found 11 definitions of garter from 5 different sources.
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What does garter mean?
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NounPlural: garters |
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| garter - a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) | ||
| supporter | ||
| band a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) | ||
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| garter - fasten with or as if with a garter | ||
| fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- garter (n.)
A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg. - garter (n.)
The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself. - garter (n.)
Same as Bendlet. - garter (v. t.)
To bind with a garter. - garter (v. t.)
To invest with the Order of the Garter.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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garter
gär′tėr, n. a band used to tie the stocking to the leg: the badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter.—v.t. to bind with a garter.—Garter king-of-arms, the chief herald of the Order of the Garter. [O. Fr. gartier (Fr. jarretière)—O. Fr. garet (Fr. jarret), the ham of the leg, prob. Celt. as Bret. gar, the shank of the leg.]
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