English Explanatory Dictionary

garter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
  2. A bendlet.
  3. An elastic band encircling any article of clothing.
  4. One of a set of tapes stretched out horizontally for acrobats and equestrians to leap over as part of a circus act or display of skill.
verb
  1. to fasten with a garter
  2. To wear a garter

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɑːtə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-garter.wav /ˈɡɑːɹtɚ/

Word forms

garter garters gartering gartered

Etymology

From Middle English garter, from Old Northern French gartier, from Old French garet (compare Old French jartier, from jaret), from Gaulish *garrā, from Proto-Celtic *garros (“calf, shank”) (compare Cornish gar, Cornish gar,Middle Welsh garr, Old Irish gairr). Cognate with French jarretière.

Derived words

arm garter Chinese garter garter belt garterless garterlike garter snake garter stitch have someone's guts for garters jazz garter Order of the Garter prick the garter sleeve garter ungarter
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