different between garter vs gartered

English

Etymology

From Middle English garter, from Old Northern French gartier, from Old French garet (compare Old French jartier, from jaret), from Gaulish *garr?, 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): /????t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????t?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?(?)

Noun

garter (plural garters)

1. A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
2. (heraldry) A bendlet.

Derived terms

• garter snake
• have someone's guts for garters
• Order of the Garter

Translations

Verb

garter (third-person singular simple present garters, present participle gartering, simple past and past participle gartered)

1. to fasten with a garter

Anagrams

• Trager, garret, grater

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gartere, gartier, gertier

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gartier.

Noun

garter (plural garters)

1. garter

Descendants

• English: garter
• Yola: ghurteare, gurteare

References

• “garter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Adjective

gartered (not comparable)

1. wearing a garter

Verb

gartered

1. simple past tense and past participle of garter

Anagrams

• Tredegar, garreted, regrated