garter
Meanings
Plural: garters
Noun
- a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
- A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
- A bendlet.
Verb
- fasten with or as if with a garter
- to fasten with a garter
- To wear a garter
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English garter, from Old Northern French gartier, from Old French garet (compare Old French jartier, from jaret), from Gaulish *garrā, from Proto-Celtic *garros (“calf, shank”) (compare Cornish gar, Cornish gar,Middle Welsh garr, Old Irish gairr). Cognate with French jarretière.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 7
garter is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordgarter is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
garter is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
garter is a valid Words With Friends word