- an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- a similar band worn to hold up a shirt sleeve.
- a leather strap for passing through a loop at the back of a boot and buckling around the leg to keep the boot from slipping.
- British.
- the badge of the Order of the Garter.
- membership in the Order.
- the Order itself.
- a member of the Order.
- to fasten with a garter.
- a band, usually of elastic, worn round the arm or leg to hold up a shirtsleeve, sock, or stocking
- US and Canadian
- an elastic strap attached to a belt or corset having a fastener at the end, for holding up women's stockings
- a similar fastener attached to a garter belt worn by men in order to support socks
- have someone's guts for garters See gut (def. 10)
- to fasten, support, or secure with or as if with a garter
- See Order of the Garter
- (sometimes not capital)
- the badge of this Order
- membership of this Order
