Definitions for Garter

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Garter gar·ter

Spelling: [gahr-ter]

IPA: /ˈgɑr tər/

Garter is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in Garter (aegrrt).

Definitions for Garter

noun

1. Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
2. a similar band worn to hold up a shirt sleeve.
3. a leather strap for passing through a loop at the back of a boot and buckling around the leg to keep the boot from slipping.
4. British. the badge of the Order of the Garter. membership in the Order. (initial capital letter) the Order itself. (usually initial capital letter) a member of the Order.

verb (used with object)

1. to fasten with a garter.

Origin of Garter

1300-50; Middle English Old North French gartier, derivative of garet the bend of the knee Celtic; compare Welsh gar shank, Breton gâr leg

Examples for Garter

He should have been awarded a knighthood, even possibly the garter.

"I jest took up a garter," she said, with some apology in her tone.

What could the Peerage, what could the garter, what could a seat in the Cabinet do for me?

It looked the kind of thing a woman might carry in her garter.

The most persistent story about the garter was first recorded in the fifteenth century.

The Order of the garter is the highest order of chivalry in the UK, and is in the exclusive gift of the monarch.

The Order of the garter has had a continuous history since Edward III founded the Order in 1348.

And just in case she gets stuck up there, she has a garter belt–fanny pack around her thigh to keep a phone in and call for help.

There was a great lath of a fellow who kept the "Star and garter" public-house.

Ten o'clock in the morning beheld them at the door of the garter Inn at Harwich.