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Girdle
ˈɡəːdl
Girdle definitions
noun
girdle
girdles
- a belt or cord worn round the waist
"her waist was defined by a gold chain girdle"
- a thing that encircles something like a girdle
"a communications girdle around the world"
- either of two sets of bones encircling the body, to which the limbs are attached
- a woman's elasticated corset extending from waist to thigh
"she wears corsets and girdles, tight and uncomfortable"
- the part of a cut gem dividing the crown from the base and embraced by the setting
- a ring made around a tree by removing bark
verb
girdle
girdled
girdles
girdling
- encircle (the body) with a girdle
"the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist"
- surround; encircle
"the chain of volcanoes which girdles the Pacific"
- cut through the bark all the way round (a tree or branch), typically in order to kill it or to kill a branch to make the tree more fruitful
"sometimes the trees were completely girdled and died"