garter
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːtə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɹtɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Noun edit
garter (plural garters)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
band around leg
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(heraldry) a bendlet
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Verb edit
garter (third-person singular simple present garters, present participle gartering, simple past and past participle gartered)
- to fasten with a garter
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French gartier.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
garter (plural garters)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “garter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.