girdle
IPA: gˈɝdʌɫ
noun
- That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
- A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
- A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape.
- 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.
- (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle [A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.]
verb
- (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
- (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
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Examples of "girdle" in Sentences
- Girdle is another word for belt.
- From the verb, to gird, to girdle.
- Thanks for the girdle answer though.
- The beetle effectively girdles the tree.
- On the origin of girdles and paired fins.
- Hephaestus designed this girdle for Venus.
- In this genus the girdle is spiny or spiky.
- It is also known as hip girdle or coxa girdle.
- The shoulder and pelvic girdle are fragmentary.
- Eggs are laid singly on the girdle scars near the terminal buds of Elm trees.
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