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garter definition

gar·ter (gärt′ər)

noun

  1. an elastic band, or a fastener suspended from a band, girdle, etc., for holding a stocking or sock in position
  2. an elastic band formerly worn to keep a shirt sleeve pushed up
    1. the badge of the Order of the Garter
    2. the order itself
    3. membership in it

Etymology: ME < NormFr gartier < OFr garet, jaret, small of the leg behind the knee < Celt, as in Bret gar, shank of the leg

transitive verb

to bind, support, or fasten with or as with a garter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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