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Suspender definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUSPEND'ER, n. One that suspends.
1. Suspenders, plu. straps worn for holding up pantaloons, etc.; braces.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) [syn: brace, suspender, gallus]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1524 1. one that suspends 2. a device by which something may be suspended: as a. one of two supporting bands worn across the shoulders to support trousers, skirt, or belt — usually used in plural and often with pair b. British a fastener attached to a garment or garter to hold up a stocking or sock; also a device consisting of garter and fastener • suspendered adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an attachment to hold up a stocking or sock by its top. 2 (in pl.) US a pair of braces. Phrases and idioms: suspender belt a woman's undergarment with suspenders.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Suspender Sus*pend"er, n. One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(suspenders) 1. Suspenders are the fastenings which hold up a woman's stockings. (BRIT; in AM, use garters) N-COUNT: usu pl 2. Suspenders are a pair of straps that go over someone's shoulders and are fastened to their trousers at the front and back to prevent the trousers from falling down. (AM; in BRIT, use braces) N-PLURAL: also a pair of N

Moby Thesaurus

bar, belt, boom, braces, button, clotheshorse, clothespin, crane, gallows, galluses, garter, gibbet, hake, hanger, hook, horse, knob, nail, pair of suspenders, peg, pothook, ring, spar, stud, supporter, suspenders, suspensory, yard, yardarm