Synonyms:
garter, supporter
Meaning: a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
garter
Meaning: fasten with or as if with a garter
Usage examples
"You are not forgetting your garter?" Oeyvind cried after her.
Her modesty was carried to the other extreme of blackness. She cherished a frightful memory of her life; one day, a man had beheld her garter.
His clothes I took, as a well-ordered valet should, from his bed-chamber into an adjoining room, where, after removing the contents of his pockets, I hung them neatly over a chair and departed, taking with me, of course, everything of value the young gentleman had about him, even down to the two brilliant rubies he wore in his garter buckles.