ungarteredadj.
1. Not tied with or wearing a garter.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing stockings > gartered > not
ungartered1607
1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine ii. 22 A man that would..go vngarterd, vnbuttend, nay sir Reuerence, vntrust to Morning Prayer.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. i. 69 When you chidde at Sir Protheus, for going vngarter'd. View more context for this quotation
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 68 Trebius, oblig'd, has that for which he must Break's sleep, and run ungarter'd and untrust.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. viii. 53 Catching hold of her ungartered Stocking. View more context for this quotation
1823 S. Rogers Italy i. viii. 50 Gliding on, he comes Slip-shod, ungartered.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xxv. 222 Thornton..lounged idly in his chair, with one ungartered leg thrown over the elbow.
2. Not invested with the Order of the Garter.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [adjective] > not honoured > in specific way
unpresented1523
undescanted1573
undrunk1618
untriumphed1627
uncrowned1634
unsung1667
unlaurelled1733
untrophied1756
unchanted1820
ungartered1845
unstarreda1849
unhymned1851
unstoried1880
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iv. xiv. 301 Ireland was not yet governed by the Duke of Fitz-Aquitaine, and the Earl de Mowbray was still ungartered.
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