gar ‧ ter /ˈɡɑːtə $ ˈɡɑːrtər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old North French ; Origin: gartier , from garet 'bend of the knee' ]
1 . a band of ↑ elastic (=material that stretches) worn around your leg to keep a sock or ↑ stocking up
2 . American English one of four pieces of elastic fixed to a woman’s underwear and to her stockings to hold them up SYN suspender British English