The Collaborative International Dictionary
Garter \Gar"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gartered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gartering.]
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To bind with a garter.
He . . . could not see to garter his hose.
--Shak. To invest with the Order of the Garter.
--T. Warton.
Wiktionary
wearing a garter v
(en-past of: garter)
Usage examples of "gartered".
Powerful legs were spread apart and thickly gartered with leather, his only covering besides the conical helmet with its long noseguard that concealed most of his face.
Pulling a small knife from his coat pocket, he cut away her corset and silky pantalets, leaving only her gartered stockings.
At evenings I would have much fun in dressing him up, even to putting him into one of Sarah’s corsets which fitted him admirably so that he looked quite adorable in knickerless state thus, stockings taut and tightly gartered, and well-polished shoes.
The rinky-tink jingle of the upright piano at the back of the room, its player costumed with gartered shirtsleeves and a battered beaver hat, rose above the sound of laughter, conversation, and the clink of glasses.
Guests in dinner clothes stood on the brink, the men laughing, the ladies giggling and shrieking- Down below other guests stood with the stellers, watching an elegantly dressed couple sliding down, the woman hysterical with laughter as her gireen silk dress pulled away from her gartered thighs.