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A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.

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  1. n. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
  2. n. 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. n. Same as Bendlet.
  4. v. t. To bind with a garter.
  5. v. t. To invest with the Order of the Garter.
  6. n. a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
  7. v. fasten with or as if with a garter
  8. 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), one of several harmless American snakes of the genus Eutænia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E. sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; -- so called from its conspicuous stripes of color. 1. To bind with a garter. He . . . could not see to garter his hose. Shak. 2. To invest with the Order of the Garter. T. Warton.
  9. Same as Bendlet. Garter fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the genusLepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; thescabbard fish.-- Garter king-at-arms, the chief of the official heralds ofEngland, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; -- oftenabbreviated to Garter.-- Garter snake (Zoöl.), one of several harmless American snakes ofthe genus Eutænia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E.sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; -- so called from itsconspicuous stripes of color.
  10. n:100 n. a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) v. fasten with or as if with a garter