Garter

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 246

gar'ter, n. A band to hold up a stocking on the leg; the badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, instituted by Edward III.: the order itself.— v. [gartered (-terd), -tering.] To bind with a garter to invest with the order of the Garter. [OF. gartier, garret, F. jarret, ham of the leg. See Garrote.]