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Garter   /gˈɑrtər/   Listen
noun
Garter  n.  
1.
A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
2.
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.
3.
(Her.) Same as Bendlet.
Garter fish (Zool.), a fish of the genus Lepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; the scabbard fish.
Garter king-at-arms, the chief of the official heralds of England, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; often abbreviated to Garter.
Garter snake (Zool.), one of several harmless American snakes of the genus Eutaenia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E. sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; so called from its conspicuous stripes of color.


verb
Garter  v. t.  (past & past part. gartered; pres. part. gartering)  
1.
To bind with a garter. "He... could not see to garter his hose."
2.
To invest with the Order of the Garter.





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"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


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