As nouns the difference between suspenders and garter
is that suspenders is a pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off. Braces while garter is a band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
As a verb garter is
to fasten with a garter.
suspenders
Noun
(-)
(US) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off. (British) Braces.
(British) Small straps, attached to a suspender belt, that hold up a woman's stockings. (US) Garters.
garter
Noun
(
en noun)
A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
(heraldry) A bendlet.
Derived terms
* garter snake
* have someone's guts for garters
* Order of the Garter
Verb
(
en verb)
to fasten with a garter
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