1) Badge of a British order 2) Band 3) Belt at a wedding 4) Belt for a bride 5) Bridal wear 6) Elastic band 7) Elastic strap around a sock 8) Fashion accessory 9) French word used in English 10) Harmless snake 11) Hose attachment 12) Hose holder 13) Kind of belt 14) Leg band 15) Stocking attachment
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1) Strap 2) Suspender
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[stockings] Garters (or suspenders) are articles of clothing: narrow bands of fabric fastened about the leg, used to keep up stockings, and sometimes socks. In the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, they were tied just below the knee, where the leg is most slender, to keep the stocking from slipping. The advent of elastic has made them less...
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• (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg. • (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. • (n.) Same as Bendlet. • (v. t.) To invest with the Order of the Garter. • (v. t.) T...
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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 spe...
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A piece of fabric or leather that is laced, tied, or buckled around the thigh of a High Priestess of a coven.
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Gar'ter noun [ Middle English
gartier , French
jarretière , from Old French
garet bend of the knee, French
jarret ; akin to Spanish
garra claw, Prov.
garra leg. See
Garrote .]
1. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg...
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Gar'ter transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Gartered ;
present participle & verbal noun Gartering .]
1. To bind with a garter. « He . . . could not see to
garter his hose.»
Shak. 2. ...
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A garter is an accessory used for holding up socks or stockings. Originally garters tied on, with the invention of elastic they became slip on devices. Garters may be decorative or simply functional.
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[
n] - a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) 2. [v] - fasten with or as if with a garter
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The garter is removed from the bride’s leg and tossed to the single men; this occurs at the wedding reception. The wedding garter goes back hundreds of years and symbolizes good luck. Most garters worn are typically blue for their something blue – which is another tradition.
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[The Tempest] an elastic band, or a fastener suspended from a band, girdle, etc., for holding a stocking or sock in position.
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supporter noun a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
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A piece of bridal lingerie worn under the wedding dress on the thigh, the tradition goes that during the reception the groom should remove it with his teeth (or hands) and toss it to the crowd. Bachelors aim to catch it for good luck in marrying next. (It’s just like the bouquet toss).
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