garter

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːtə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɹtɚ/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ) === Noun === garter (plural garters) A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking. (heraldry) A bendlet. Coordinate terms: bendlet, cost, riband (Philippines) An elastic band encircling any article of clothing. (obsolete) One of a set of tapes stretched out horizontally for acrobats and equestrians to leap over as part of a circus act or display of skill. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: غَرْطَر (ḡarṭar, via garter snake) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === garter (third-person singular simple present garters, present participle gartering, simple past and past participle gartered) (transitive) to fasten with a garter (intransitive) To wear a garter === Anagrams === Trager, garret, grater == Middle English == === Alternative forms === gartere, gartier, gertier === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French gartier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡartər/, /ɡarˈteːr/ === Noun === garter (plural garters) garter ==== Descendants ==== English: garter Yola: ghurteare, gurteare, gurtear ==== References ==== “garter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.