Antonyms for garter

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gahr-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɑr tər

Definition of garter

Origin : early 14c., from Old North French gartier "band just above or below the knee" (Old French jartier, 14c., Modern French jarretière), from garet "bend of the knee," perhaps from Gaulish (cf. Welsh garr "leg"). Garter as the highest order of knighthood (mid-14c.), according to Froissart was established c.1344 by Edward III, though the usual story of how it came about is late (1614) and perhaps apocryphal. The verb is mid-15c., from the noun. Garter snake (U.S.) so called from resemblance to a ribbon. Garter belt first noticed 1913.

As in suspenders : noun straps
As in decoration : noun medal of honor

Example sentences :

"I jest took up a garter," she said, with some apology in her tone.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Ten o'clock in the morning beheld them at the door of the Garter Inn at Harwich.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

What could the Peerage, what could the Garter, what could a seat in the Cabinet do for me?
Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever

There was a great lath of a fellow who kept the "Star and Garter" public-house.
Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray

It looked the kind of thing a woman might carry in her garter.
Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest

I was told that one lady wore a $5,000 diamond in her garter.
Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous

There were only two knights of the Garter who appeared in the full dress of the order.
Extract from : « Coronation Anecdotes » by Giles Gossip

She turned around, and looked first at the garter and then at him.
Extract from : « The Book of Stories for the Storyteller » by Fanny E. Coe

“Flying the garter” is another of the Pickwickian boy games.
Extract from : « Pickwickian Manners and Customs » by Percy Fitzgerald

A Minister is not bound to bestow a Garter the day after it becomes vacant.
Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope

Synonyms for garter

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