Garter Definition

gärtər
garters
noun
garters
An elasticized band worn around the leg to hold up a stocking or sock.
American Heritage
An elastic band, or a fastener suspended from a band, girdle, etc., for holding a stocking or sock in position.
Webster's New World
An elastic band formerly worn to keep a shirt sleeve pushed up.
Webster's New World
The badge of the Order of the Garter.
Webster's New World
The order itself.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
garters
To bind, support, or fasten with or as with a garter.
Webster's New World
To put a garter on.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Garter

Noun

Singular:
garter
Plural:
garters

Origin of Garter

  • Middle English band to support socks from Old North French gartier from garet bend of the knee probably of Celtic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French gartier, jartier, from garet, jaret. Cognate with French jarretière.

    From Wiktionary

Garter Sentence Examples

  • He was appointed the same year lord-lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and in 1677 received the Garter.

  • In 1553 he had the office of lord admiral of England, and in the next year the Garter.

  • Treat?ng this as a vote of want of confidence Aberdeen at once res'gned office, and the queen bestowed upon him the order of the Garter.

  • Abd-ul-Aziz had visited the Paris Exhibition of 1867 and had paid his respects to Queen Victoria, who conferred on him the order of the Garter.

  • By the heiress of the Tonis he left at his death in 1315 a son Earl Thomas, who distinguished himself at Crecy and Poitiers, was marshal of the English host, and, with his brother John, one of the founders of the order of the Garter.

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Words Starting With

GGAGAR

Words Ending With

RERTER

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garter

Words Starting With G and Ending With R

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With G6 Letter Words Ending With R