garter

1. n. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. n. Same as Bendlet. Source: opted

4. v. t. To bind with a garter. Source: opted

5. v. t. To invest with the Order of the Garter. Source: opted

6. n. a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) Source: wordnet

7. v. fasten with or as if with a garter Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

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 Source: ecdict

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