garter
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gar·ter /ˈɡɑːtə $ ˈɡɑːrtər/ noun [countable] 1. DCCa band of elastic (=material that stretches) worn around your leg to keep a sock or stocking up 袜带2. American EnglishDCC one of four pieces of elastic fixed to a woman’s underwear and to her stockings to hold them up 〔女子内衣上用以固定长筒袜的〕吊袜带 SYN British English suspender
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garter• What is a garter bar supposed to do?• A checkered garter snake gave birth to three baby snakes in the ginger belt at the edge of the rain forest.• If Jake found out he would have her guts for garters!• Her garters were down to her ankles.• Legs green with red garter, bill red with yellow tip.• She did this every evening, and every evening a hundred hands went up to catch the garter.• Baldwin became an earl and a knight of the garter.• Knitting as much as possible with the garter carriage is not always the quickest way to complete a garment.Origin garter (1300-1400) Old North French gartier, from garet “bend of the knee”gar·ter nounChineseSyllable
Corpus around worn that band (=material elastic stretches) of a
Garter
Garter, the Order of the
the highest order of British knighthood. The sign of the Order of the Garter is a blue velvet garter.
Garter, the Order of the
the highest order of British knighthood. The sign of the Order of the Garter is a blue velvet garter.
garter
gar‧ter /ˈɡɑːtə $ ˈɡɑːrtər/ noun [countable]
2. American English one of four pieces of elastic fixed to a woman’s underwear and to her stockings to hold them up
SYN suspender British English
gar‧ter /ˈɡɑːtə $ ˈɡɑːrtər/
noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old North French
Origin: gartier, from garet 'bend of the knee'
1. a band of elastic (=material that stretches) worn around your leg to keep a sock or stocking upLanguage: Old North French
Origin: gartier, from garet 'bend of the knee'
2. American English one of four pieces of elastic fixed to a woman’s underwear and to her stockings to hold them up
SYN suspender British English
