girdle
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
girdle (plural girdles)
- That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, prologue]:
- Suppose within the girdle of these walls
Are now confin'd two mighty monarchies
- 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.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Revelation 15:6 ↗:
- And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles
- The zodiac; also, the equator.
- that gems the starry girdle of the year
- from the world's girdle to the frozen pole
- 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.
- French: enceinte
- French: gaine
- German: Hüfthalter
- Italian: cintura, fascia, corsetto, busto
- Portuguese: cinta, cinto
- Russian: по́яс
- French: rondiste
- Italian: cintura
girdle (girdles, present participle girdling; 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.
girdle (plural girdles)
- (Scottish, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle
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