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GARTER

\ɡˈɑːtə], \ɡˈɑːtə], \ɡ_ˈɑː_t_ə]\

Definitions of GARTER

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
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.
Same as Bendlet.
To invest with the Order of the Garter.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
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.
Same as Bendlet.
To invest with the Order of the Garter.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A band by which a stocking is held up on the leg; the Garter, the badge of the Order of the Garter, the highest order of British knighthood.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A string or band used to tie the stocking to the leg: the badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Band to hold up a stocking; badge of an English order of knigthood.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To put a garter upon; fasten with a garter.
A band to hold a stocking in place.
The badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter; the order itself.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A string or band used to tie the stocking to the leg; the badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; the order itself; the principal king-at-arms; the half of a bend.
To bind with a garter; to invest with the Order of the Garter.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A string or band used to hold up the stocking on the leg; the badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain; the order itself.
To bind or invest with the garter.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A string or ribband by which the stocking is held upon the leg; the mark of the order of the garter, the highest order of English knighthood; the principal king at arms.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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