0 a piece of elastic (= material that stretches) used, especially in the past, for holding up a stocking or sock
1 a narrow piece of elastic used for holding up a stocking or sock
Several of the albino fish assigned to the pretreated 0-day treatment group were lost to garter snake predation, leaving fewer individuals per time-point for examination.
He would have had the officers' guts for garters.
He would not have understood and if he had known he would have required their guts for garters.
In a sense, we have got their guts for garters.
I told you that he would have their guts for garters.
If not, someone will have my guts for garters tomorrow.
Garters are not to be earned in the fashion he has followed.
He would have our guts for garters, publicly and privately, if we did so.
