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ALL meanings of garter

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  • noun garter A band worn around the leg to keep up a stocking or sock. 1
  • noun garter Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment. 1
  • noun garter a similar band worn to hold up a shirt sleeve. 1
  • noun garter a leather strap for passing through a loop at the back of a boot and buckling around the leg to keep the boot from slipping. 1
  • noun garter British. the badge of the Order of the Garter. membership in the Order. (initial capital letter) the Order itself. (usually initial capital letter) a member of the Order. 1
  • verb with object garter to fasten with a garter. 1
  • noun garter band that holds up sock or stocking 1
  • countable noun garter A garter is a piece of elastic worn round the top of a stocking or sock in order to prevent it from slipping down. 0
  • noun garter a band, usually of elastic, worn round the arm or leg to hold up a shirtsleeve, sock, or stocking 0
  • noun garter an elastic strap attached to a belt or corset having a fastener at the end, for holding up women's stockings 0
  • noun garter a similar fastener attached to a garter belt worn by men in order to support socks 0
  • verb garter to fasten, support, or secure with or as if with a garter 0
  • noun garter the badge of this Order 0
  • noun garter membership of this Order 0
  • noun garter an elastic band, or a fastener suspended from a band, girdle, etc., for holding a stocking or sock in position 0
  • noun garter an elastic band formerly worn to keep a shirt sleeve pushed up 0
  • noun garter the badge of the Order of the Garter 0
  • noun garter the order itself 0
  • noun garter membership in it 0
  • verb transitive garter to bind, support, or fasten with or as with a garter 0
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