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Definition of Garter
1. Noun. A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve).
2. Verb. Fasten with or as if with a garter.
Definition of Garter
1. n. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
2. v. t. To bind with a garter.
Definition of Garter
1. Noun. A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking. ¹
2. Verb. to fasten with a garter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garter
1. to fasten with an elastic band [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Garter
1. 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. Same as Bendlet. Garter fish, one of several harmless American snakes of the genus Eutaenia, of several species (especially. E. Saurita and E. Sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; so called from its conspicuous stripes of colour. Origin: OE. Gartier, F. Jarretiere, fr. OF. Garet bend of the knee, F. Jarret; akin to Sp. Garra claw, Prov. Garra leg. See Garrote. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garter
Literary usage of Garter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Camden Miscellany by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"That ceremonie done my Lord Marquess delivered the George, garter, robes, and
collar unto the French King, where was delivered unto Mr. garter the French ..."
2. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by George Gatfield (1892)
"Book of Orders for Knights of tiie garter, with names from its institution. ...
Statutes and Ordinances of the most noble Order of the garter. Vellum. Brit. ..."
3. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution by David Hume (1858)
"That he might further promote the spirit of emulation and obedience, the king
instituted the order of the garter, in imitation of some orders of a like ..."
4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The popular legend is that Juan, Countess of Salisbury, accidentally slipped her
garter at a court ball. It was picked up by her royal partner, Edward III., ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"garter, Order of the, the highest order of knighthood in F.ngland. Two stories
are told of its origin. The first is that Richard I at the siege of Acre ..."
6. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"The attention of the writer of this paper was particularly called to this in
trying to place some of the garter-snakes which were picked up near Olivet and ..."
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