GARTER • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Garter

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/gˈɑrtər/ Listen

Garter

noun

A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve). Synonym: supporter.

verb

(past & past part. gartered; pres. part. gartering)

Fasten with or as if with a garter.

See more definitions of Garter...

See images of 'Garter'

Etymology of 'Garter'

Related searches:

Share |

"Garter" Quotes from Famous Books

... drive to Richmond, where I gave her tea at the Star and Garter and was relieved to see her drink normally from the cup, instead of lapping from the saucer like a kitten. She was much more intelligent than during our first drive on Tuesday. The streets have grown more ...

— The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne • William J. Locke

... cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter: that when he speaks, The air, a chartered ...

— Familiar Quotations • John Bartlett

... Jack Garter, regardless of his plans respecting his guests, slept through the night, and it was not till after the sun rose that he opened his eyes. His wife was already up and ...

— The Young Explorer • Horatio Alger

... whatever. And the Great Duke's theory was, that clasps and ribbons, stars and garters, were good and proper ornaments for himself, for the chief officers of his distinguished army, and for gentlemen of high birth, who might naturally claim to wear a band of garter blue across their waistcoats; but that for common people your plain coat, without stars and ribbons, was the most ...

— Roundabout Papers • William Makepeace Thackeray

... up with a garter, Elise, and get the old uncle back to Ville Bambord. Trouble's coming. The ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

More quotes...