Garter /(?)/

Gar·ter

Garter

n.
  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. (Her.)

Phrases & Compounds
Garter fish
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
one of several harmless American snakes of the genus Eutænia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E. sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; -- so called from its conspicuous stripes of color.

Garter

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Gartered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gartering

  1. To bind with a garter.
    He . . . could not see to garter his hose.
  2. To invest with the Order of the Garter.