sleeve garter

sleeve garter

English

Sleeve garter

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

sleeve garter (plural sleeve garters)

1. A garter worn on the sleeve of a shirt above the elbow to hold the lower part of the sleeve tight and keep the cuff in the correct position.

   Synonym: arm garter

   • 1957, James Agee, A Death in the Family, New York: McDowell, Obolensky, p. 6,

     Now only two [men], and now only one, is left, and you see only ghostlike shirt with the sleeve garters, and sober mystery of his mild face […]

   • 1998, Stephen King, Bag of Bones, London: Hodder & Stoughton, Chapter 21, p. 352,

     ‘Hey kids!’ a barker in a dark blue shirt called to them. He was wearing sleeve-garters and his smile revealed one splendid gold tooth.

Translations

garter to hold shirt sleeve in place

Finnish: hihanpidike German: Ärmelhalter (de) m

See also

• armband