arm garter

English

Amusement park entertainers wearing arm garters

Noun

arm garter (plural arm garters)

1. A garter worn on the sleeve of a shirt above the elbow to hold the lower part of the sleeve tight and keep the cuff in the correct position.

   Synonym: sleeve garter

   • 1956, Iris Noble, Nellie Bly: First Woman Reporter (1867―1922), New York: Julian Messner, Chapter 1, p. 11,^[1]

     One arm garter slid down over the elbow of his black alpaca shirt, and he pushed it up with a gesture of long habit.

   • 1983, William Kennedy, chapter 2, in Ironweed‎^[2], Penguin, published 1984, page 47:

     Behind the half-busy bar a man with high collar, string tie, and arm garters drew schooners of beer from a tap […]

Translations

garter to hold shirt sleeve in place — see sleeve garter