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How to pronounce garter in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms supporter
Type of band
Type Words
Type of fasten, fix, secure

Examples of garter

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So you didn't get to jump for the garter at Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes'wedding?
From the time.com
A pair of leather pants morphed into something approximating boots and a garter.
From the suntimes.com
The rest like garter and gopher snakes are benign and some are even used as pets.
From the ocregister.com
Butler's garter snake has been on the state's threatened species list since 1997.
From the jsonline.com
There is a flash of a man's hand on a creamy thigh, the pull of a black garter.
From the time.com
It is very apparent we have all but lost the green snake and the garter snake.
From the guardian.co.uk
If a Knight of the Garter wears breeches, he wears his garter under his left knee.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There is a European wedding tradition for a bride to wear a garter to her wedding.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This super-easy garter-stitch scarf is super-snazzy with its fun, fuzzy halo.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
  • Fasten with or as if with a garter
  • Suspenders (Am. English) or braces (British English) are fabric or leather straps worn over the shoulders to hold up trousers. Straps may be elasticated, either entirely or only at attachment ends and most straps are of woven cloth forming an X or Y shape at the back. ...
  • Garters are articles of clothing: narrow bands of fabric fastened about the leg, used to keep stockings up. Normally just a few inches in width, they are usually made of leather or heavy cloth, and adorned with small bells and/or ribbons. ...
  • (Garters) elastic or cloth ties used to hold soccer socks up to a position just below the knee.
  • (Garters) In certain traditions of Wicca, special garters made of snakeskin, leather, or velvet (Often decorated with a silver buckle) that are tied around the leg above the knee and regarded as a sign of rank among Witches. ...
  • (Garters) striping on the legs; a primitive marking associated with dun; also called leg stripes, leg barring, zebra stripes or zebra barring
  • (garters) dark horizontal lines on the legs
  • (garters) leather straps that buckle under the knee to keep jodhpur pants from riding up.