Definition of Garter belt

1. Noun. A wide belt of elastic with straps hanging from it; worn by women to hold up stockings.

Exact synonyms: Suspender Belt
Generic synonyms: Undergarment, Unmentionable

Definition of Garter belt

1. Noun. (American English) An item of women's underwear consisting of a belt to which are attached garters for holding up stockings; (British) suspender belt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Garter Belt

garrulities
garrulity
garrulous
garrulously
garrulousness
garrulousnesses
garrupa
garrupas
garrya
garryas
garryowen
garryowens
gars
gart
garter
garter belt
garter belts
garter snake
garter snakes
garter stitch
gartered
gartering
garterlike
garters
garth
garths
gartrellite
garuda
garudas

Literary usage of Garter belt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Exercises for Women by Florence Bolton (1913)
"The only substitute sold in the shops is the ordinary garter-belt shaped to be worn around the waist; but this presses into the soft flesh and interferes ..."

2. Suggestions on the Ancient Britons in Three Parts by George Duckett Barber Beaumont (1854)
"The result is, " The blue garter, belt of office." Another passage cited (Herbert's " Cyclops," p. 229) runs, " Twrc made a crafty compact in front of the ..."

3. The Journal of Mental Science by Royal Medico-psychological Association (1872)
"The brace, garter, belt, or a piece of cord, is generally used, and the would-be suicide attaches himself to the ventilator, the gas-pipe, or clothes'-peg ..."

4. Mosca: A Factual Fiction by Richard Miller (1997)
"She secured a garter belt around Thomas' waist and padlocked it in place. He pulled on a pair of black lace stockings and gartered them to the belt. ..."

5. Transsexuals: Life from Both Sides by Lynn Hubschman (1999)
"He looked amusing wearing my stockings, garter belt, and bra. But I had enough business savvy to not even smile at the sight. Except for the ones who enjoy ..."

6. The Baker Street Bunch and the Missing Honeybees Mystery by Michael W. Paulson (2005)
"... the garter belt snaps on one stocking. "I don't have a swastika tattooed on my ass, if that's got you worried." Clayton went over to the window and ..."

7. Exercises for Women by Florence Bolton (1913)
"The only substitute sold in the shops is the ordinary garter-belt shaped to be worn around the waist; but this presses into the soft flesh and interferes ..."

8. Suggestions on the Ancient Britons in Three Parts by George Duckett Barber Beaumont (1854)
"The result is, " The blue garter, belt of office." Another passage cited (Herbert's " Cyclops," p. 229) runs, " Twrc made a crafty compact in front of the ..."

9. The Journal of Mental Science by Royal Medico-psychological Association (1872)
"The brace, garter, belt, or a piece of cord, is generally used, and the would-be suicide attaches himself to the ventilator, the gas-pipe, or clothes'-peg ..."

10. Mosca: A Factual Fiction by Richard Miller (1997)
"She secured a garter belt around Thomas' waist and padlocked it in place. He pulled on a pair of black lace stockings and gartered them to the belt. ..."

11. Transsexuals: Life from Both Sides by Lynn Hubschman (1999)
"He looked amusing wearing my stockings, garter belt, and bra. But I had enough business savvy to not even smile at the sight. Except for the ones who enjoy ..."

12. The Baker Street Bunch and the Missing Honeybees Mystery by Michael W. Paulson (2005)
"... the garter belt snaps on one stocking. "I don't have a swastika tattooed on my ass, if that's got you worried." Clayton went over to the window and ..."

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