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GIRDLE
corset, girdle, stays
(noun) a woman’s close-fitting foundation garment
girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth
(noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
girdle
(noun) an encircling or ringlike structure
girdle, gird
(verb) put a girdle on or around; “gird your loins”
girdle, deaden
(verb) cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; “girdle the plant”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
girdle (plural girdles)
That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
The zodiac; also, the equator.
The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
(mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
The clitellum of an earthworm.
The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.
Verb
girdle (third-person singular simple present girdles, present participle girdling, simple past and past participle girdled)
(transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
(transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
Etymology 2
Noun
girdle (plural girdles)
(Scottish, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle
Anagrams
• Gilder, gilder, girled, glider, gridle, regild, ridgel
Source: Wiktionary
Gir"dle, n.
Definition: A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Gir"dle, n. Etym: [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. gĂĽrtel, Icel. gyr. See Gird, v. t., to encircle, and cf. Girth, n.]
1. That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus. Within the girdle of these walls. Shak. Their breasts girded with golden girdles. Rev. xv. 6.
2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] Bacon. From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. Cowper. That gems the starry girdle of the year. Campbell.
3. (Jewelry)
Definition: The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. Knight.
4. (Mining)
Definition: A thin bed or stratum of stone. Raymond.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The clitellus of an earthworm. Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid.
– Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel.
– Sea girdle (Zoöl.), a ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under Venus.
– Shoulder, Pectoral, and Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic.
– To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection.
Gir"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girdled; p. pr. & vb. n. Girdling.]
1. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. Shak.
2. To inclose; to environ; to shut in. Those sleeping stones, That as a waist doth girdle you about. Shak.
3. To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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