† cross-garteredadj.
Obsolete.
Having the garters crossed on the legs. (See Aldis Wright, note to Shakespeare Twelfth Night).
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1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 168 Fasciæ crurales, hose garters going acrosse or ouerthwart, both aboue and beneath the knee.
1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. C3v I warrant yee, heele haue, His Cruell garters crosse about the knee.]
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 149 And wish'd to see thee euer crosse garter'd . View more context for this quotation
1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy iii. 36 As rare an old Youth as euer walkt crosse-gartered.
1664 T. Overbury et al. His Wife (17th impr.) sig. L4 More upright than any crosse-gartered [earlier eds. grosse(-)gartered] Gentleman-usher.
Derivatives
ˈcross-ˈgartering n.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 23 This does make some obstruction in the blood: This crosse-gartering . View more context for this quotation
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