GARTER

vt to bind with a garter.

2. garter ·vt to invest with the order of the garter.

3. garter ·noun ·same·as bendlet.

4. garter ·noun a band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.

5. garter ·noun the distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in great britain, called the order of the garter, instituted by edward iii.; also, the order itself.