garter : Idioms & Phrases

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common garter snake

  • noun a garter snake that is widespread in North America
    Thamnophis sirtalis.
WordNet

gardener's garters

  • noun perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
    reed canary grass; ribbon grass; lady's laces; Phalaris arundinacea.
WordNet

garter belt

  • noun a wide belt of elastic with straps hanging from it; worn by women to hold up stockings
    suspender belt.
WordNet

Garter fish

  • (Zoöl.), a fish of the genus Lepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; the scabbard fish.
Webster 1913

Garter king-at-arms

  • the chief of the official heralds of England, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; often abbreviated to Garter.
Webster 1913

Garter snake

  • noun any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes
    grass snake.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), one of several harmless American snakes of the genus Eutænia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E. sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; so called from its conspicuous stripes of color.
Webster 1913

garter stitch

  • noun a knitting stitch that results in a pattern of horizontal ridges formed by knitting both sides (instead of purling one side)
WordNet

lady's garters

La"dy's gar"ters
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Ribbon grass.
Webster 1913