cross-gartered
[ kraws-gahr-terd, kros- ]
/ ˈkrɔsˈgɑr tərd, ˈkrɒs- /
adjective
(in Elizabethan and other costumes) wearing garters crisscrossed on the leg.
Words nearby cross-gartered
cross-fertile,
cross-fertilization,
cross-fertilize,
cross-file,
cross-garnet,
cross-gartered,
cross-grained,
cross-index,
cross-legged,
cross-link,
cross-linker
Example sentences from the Web for cross-gartered
So Euphues is a very Malvolio among books, cross-gartered and wreathed as to its countenance with set smiles.
The Bibliotaph |Leon H. VincentGuards he wears none, which makes him live more upright than any cross-gartered gentleman-usher.
What crowds of well-dressed, well-fed Malvolios, “smiling” at one another, though not cross-gartered!