Sentence examples for garter of from inspiring English sources

The salad of field greens, usually a demure choice of appetizers, arrives looking like an endive warhead until you slip off the tiny garter of red pepper at the top and the whole thing collapses in a frilly spread like a cancan dancer.

It is surrounded by a blue garter bearing the motto Honi soit qui mal y pense - Shame to those who think evil of it - which symbolises the Order of the Garter, of which he is a Knight Companion.

The rest of the statutes were mostly based on those of the Order of the Garter, of which he was an officer (as Garter King of Arms).

The Prime Minister asked if Chamberlain would accept the highest order of British chivalry, the Order of the Garter, of which his brother had been a member.

Walter had the chapel decorated with a number of murals, depicting scenes from the story of Saint George and the Dragon; Saint George was a favoured saint of Henry V, and associated with the prestigious Order of the Garter, of which Walter was a proud member.

Put a garter of some kind just above the wrapping to protect it from the wax.

If you can, try and craft a blue garter out of plastic to wear over the skirt.

He ended his heraldic career without ever having attained the office of Garter King of Arms, or being honoured with a knighthood.

Planché was also an acquaintance of Charles Young, Garter King of Arms, the principal officer of arms at the College.

He also left another heraldic legacy; Ursula Cull, the wife of future Garter King of Arms Sir George Bellew, was a descendent of Planché's daughter Matilda.

**{:.break one} ** The black garters of the ladies of another age Cast shadows over my thoughts like twilight.