SUSPENDER

brace, suspender, gallus

(noun) elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

suspender (plural suspenders)

Something or someone who suspends.

(US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers. Called braces in other parts of the world.

(British) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.

Anagrams

• prudeness, resuspend, speedruns, unpressed

Source: Wiktionary


Sus*pend"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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