Found 2 items, similar to garter.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: garter
garter
v : fasten with or as if with a garter
garter
n : a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a
stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) [syn:
supporter]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Garter
Garter
\Gar"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gartered; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Gartering.]
1. To bind with a garter.
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He . . . could not see to garter his hose. --Shak.
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2. To invest with the Order of the Garter. --T. Warton.
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Garter
\Gar"ter\, n. [OE. gartier, F. jarreti[`e]re, fr. OF.
garet bend of the knee, F. jarret; akin to Sp. garra claw,
Prov. garra leg. See
Garrote.]
1. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on
the leg.
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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.
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3. (Her.) Same as
Bendlet.
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Garter fish (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), one of several harmless American
snakes of the genus
Eut[ae]nia, of several species (esp.
E. saurita and
E. sirtalis); one of the striped
snakes; -- so called from its conspicuous stripes of
color.
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Garter
\Gar"ter\, n. [OE. gartier, F. jarreti[`e]re, fr. OF.
garet bend of the knee, F. jarret; akin to Sp. garra claw,
Prov. garra leg. See
Garrote.]
1. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on
the leg.
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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.
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3. (Her.) Same as
Bendlet.
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Garter fish (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), one of several harmless American
snakes of the genus
Eut[ae]nia, of several species (esp.
E. saurita and
E. sirtalis); one of the striped
snakes; -- so called from its conspicuous stripes of
color.
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