cross-gartered
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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His embarrassingly cross-gartered yellow stockings, she wrote, were a reference to his own coat of arms.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
At the outer reaches of the desk, various photographs: the cast of Twelfth Night on the college lawn, himself as Malvolio, cross-gartered.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Only one semester hast thou been here, and thy place in the school is but lowly, yet are thy hose cross-gartered, and thy doublet is of silk.
From Here, There and Everywhere by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton
The legs are in hose like a Highlander’s or in long breeches bandaged or cross-gartered below the knee.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
She wore a moss-coloured velvet jerkin with cinnamon sleeves, slim, brown, cross-gartered hose, a dainty little green cap with a hawk's feather caught in a jewel, and a hooded cloak lined with dull red.
From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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