'Garter' definitions:

Definition of 'garter'

(from WordNet)
noun
A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) [syn: garter, supporter]
verb
Fasten with or as if with a garter

Definition of 'Garter'

From: GCIDE
  • Garter \Gar"ter\, n. [OE. gartier, F. jarreti[`e]re, fr. OF. garet bend of the knee, F. jarret; akin to Sp. garra claw, Prov. garra leg. See Garrote.]
  • 1. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Her.) Same as Bendlet. [1913 Webster]
  • Garter fish (Zool.), a fish of the genus Lepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; the scabbard fish.
  • Garter king-at-arms, the chief of the official heralds of England, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; -- often abbreviated to Garter.
  • Garter snake (Zool.), one of several harmless American snakes of the genus Eut[ae]nia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E. sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; -- so called from its conspicuous stripes of color. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Garter'

From: GCIDE
  • Garter \Gar"ter\, n. [OE. gartier, F. jarreti[`e]re, fr. OF. garet bend of the knee, F. jarret; akin to Sp. garra claw, Prov. garra leg. See Garrote.]
  • 1. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Her.) Same as Bendlet. [1913 Webster]
  • Garter fish (Zool.), a fish of the genus Lepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; the scabbard fish.
  • Garter king-at-arms, the chief of the official heralds of England, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; -- often abbreviated to Garter.
  • Garter snake (Zool.), one of several harmless American snakes of the genus Eut[ae]nia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E. sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; -- so called from its conspicuous stripes of color. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Garter'

From: GCIDE
  • Garter \Gar"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gartered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gartering.]
  • 1. To bind with a garter. [1913 Webster]
  • He . . . could not see to garter his hose. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To invest with the Order of the Garter. --T. Warton. [1913 Webster]