girdle

[Gir·dle]

A girdle is a tight fitting undergarment that supports the lower body. The purpose of a girdle is to make a person's waist and stomach look smaller and firmer.

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A griddle.

Noun
a woman''s close-fitting foundation garment

Noun
a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

Noun
an encircling or ringlike structure

Verb
put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"

Verb
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"

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n.
A griddle.

n.
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.

n.
The zodiac; also, the equator.

n.
The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.

n.
A thin bed or stratum of stone.

n.
The clitellus of an earthworm.

v. t.
To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.

v. t.
To inclose; to environ; to shut in.

v. t.
To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.

Girdle

Gir"dle , n. A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Girdle

Gir"dle, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. g'81rtel, Icel. gyrill. 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.

Their breasts girded with golden girdles.

2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] Bacon.

From the world's girdle to the frozen pole.

That gems the starry girdle of the year.

3. (Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. Knight. 4. (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. Raymond. 5. (Zo'94l.) The clitellus of an earthworm. Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid. -- Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel. -- Sea girdle (Zo'94l.), a ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under Venus. -- Shoulder, Pectoral, ∧ Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic. -- To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection.

Girdle

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.

3. To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. [U. S.]

A griddle.

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.

To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.

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Usage Examples

I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle - a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand up on its own - and I remember her coming home from fancy parties and racing upstairs to extricate herself from its cruel iron grip.

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