The Garter reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Garter

Originally an item of clothing, there are now several related meanings:

• The now-redundant item of clothing

• The senior British order of chivalry
  • List of female members of the mediaeval Order of the Garter
  • List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter from 1348

• A kind of snake

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