Word Study
suspender
CIDE DICTIONARY
suspender, n.
One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
suspender, n.
1 an attachment to hold up a stocking or sock by its top.
2 (in pl.) US a pair of braces.
1 an attachment to hold up a stocking or sock by its top.
2 (in pl.) US a pair of braces.
Idiom
suspender belt a woman's undergarment with suspenders.
THESAURUS
suspender
bar, belt, boom, braces, button, clotheshorse, clothespin, crane, gallows, galluses, garter, gibbet, hake, hanger, hook, horse, knob, nail, pair of suspenders, peg, pothook, ring, spar, stud, supporter, suspenders, suspensory, yard, yardarmFor further exploring for "suspender" in Webster Dictionary Online