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# garter

«garter» in Mova's school dictionary: **a band of elastic or cloth worn round the leg to hold up…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (garters)

### meaning for a pupil

A garter is a band of elastic or cloth worn round the leg to hold up a stocking or sock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garter/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a garter can be a talking character, as in the story of the garter that keeps a secret

### examples

- She tied her garter below the knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garter/#x1)
- His sock fell down, so he pulled up his garter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garter/#x2)
- "I shall not tell you," said the garter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garter/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «garter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.