garter belt
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- noun
- /ˈɡɑːrtər bɛlt/
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liguero
- She always wears a garter belt to keep her stockings up during special occasions.
- garter belt and stockings
- wearing a garter belt
- lace garter belt
Examples
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Molly, I told you when you started to work here that you must have a garter belt and stockings.
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A garter belt, some of those stockings that come up to the thigh.
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Did you forget your garter belt?
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I will say I wish the trend of garter belts outside of the bedroom would die.
Blog text (19) -
Be sure and wear your garter belt and stockings.
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Your skin was so elastic that the garter belt would never put a dent in it.
Fiction book (2001) -
She unfastens her garter belt as she holds the phone in the crook of her neck.
Fiction book (2000) -
He had worn a lovely set of stockings, a garter belt, and panties.
Blog text (12) -
In my dream world, all lingerie sets would have a perfectly fitting matching garter belt with 6 straps and metal clips.
Blog text (22) -
The Can-Can girls rush off stage and spread out into the audience, sitting on men's laps, knocking down drinks or exhibiting their garter belts for tips as the orchestra takes over.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
A wide elastic band worn around the waist with straps to hold up stockings
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Morphology
The compound combines 'garter' (a band used to hold stockings) and 'belt' (a waist strap), so its meaning—a waist-worn belt with attached straps for holding stockings—is directly predictable from the constituents. This follows common English compounding patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Garter belt comes from two simple words: a garter, a band that held up a stocking, and a belt with straps that fasten to stockings. Picture a belt with short straps and little clips holding each stocking so they do not fall, and that is why the name means 'a belt used to hold up stockings'.