Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old North French
Origin: gartier, from garet 'bend of the knee'

garter

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes
gar‧ter [countable]
1DCC a band of elastic (=material that stretches) worn around your leg to keep a sock or stocking up
2 American EnglishDCC one of four pieces of elastic fixed to a woman's underwear and to her stockings to hold them up [= suspender British English]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary