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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sus•pend•er /səˈspɛndɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- ClothingUsually, suspenders.Also called,[esp. Brit.,] braces. [plural] adjustable straps or bands worn over the shoulders with the ends secured to the waistband of a skirt or a pair of trousers to support it:a pair of red suspenders.
- Clothing, British Terms[Brit.]a garter.
See -pend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sus•pend•er (sə spen′dər),USA pronunciation n. - ClothingUsually, suspenders. Also called,[esp. Brit.,] braces. adjustable straps or bands worn over the shoulders with the ends buttoned or clipped to the waistband of a pair of trousers or a skirt to support it.
- Clothing, British Terms[Brit.]garter.
- Civil Engineeringa hanging cable or chain in a suspension bridge connecting the deck with the suspension cable or chain.
- a person or thing that suspends.
- 1515–25; 1800–10, American. for def. 1; suspend + -er1
sus•pend′er•less, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: suspender /səˈspɛndə/ n - (often plural) Brit an elastic strap attached to a belt or corset having a fastener at the end, for holding up women's stockings
- a similar fastener attached to a garter worn by men in order to support socks
- (plural) US Canadian
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): braces - a person or thing that suspends, such as one of the vertical cables that carries the deck in a suspension bridge
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gar•ter /ˈgɑrtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothingan article of clothing for holding up a stocking, as an elastic band worn around the leg.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gar•ter (gär′tər),USA pronunciation n. - ClothingAlso called,[Brit.,] sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- Clothinga similar band worn to hold up a shirt sleeve.
- Clothinga leather strap for passing through a loop at the back of a boot and buckling around the leg to keep the boot from slipping.
- British Terms
- the badge of the Order of the Garter.
- membership in the Order.
- (cap.) the Order itself.
- (usually cap.) a member of the Order.
v.t. - to fasten with a garter.
- Celtic; compare Welsh gar shank, Breton gâr leg
- Old North French gartier, derivative of garet the bend of the knee
- Middle English 1300–50
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