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garter
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noun
a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
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verb
fasten with or as if with a garter
welt
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verb
put a welt on
welt the shoes
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noun
a raised or strengthened seam
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noun
(= wale)
a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
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verb
(= flog, whip, trounce)
beat severely with a whip or rod
The teacher often flogged the students
The children were severely trounced