Meanings
plural sleeve garters
- 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.
‘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.
1998, Stephen King, chapter 21, in Bag of Bones, London: Hodder & Stoughton, page 3521 more example
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 […]
1957, James Agee, A Death in the Family, New York: McDowell, Obolensky, page 6Synonyms: arm garter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Translations
Finnish hihanpidike
- hihanpidikegarter to hold shirt sleeve in place
German Ärmelhalter
- Ärmelhaltergarter to hold shirt sleeve in place
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sleeve garter
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sleeve garter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleeve%20garter
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