girdle

English

A girdle.

Etymology

From Old English grydel.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dəl

Noun

girdle (plural girdles)

1. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
2. 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.
3. The zodiac; also, the equator.
4. The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
5. A thin bed or stratum of stone.
6. The clitellum of an earthworm.
7. (Scotland, Northern England) Alternative form of griddle.

Translations

a circumference

• Finnish: kehä (fi), side (fi)

• French: enceinte (fr) f

a belt

• Danish: hofteholder (da) c, strømpeholder (da) c
• Finnish: sukkanauhavyö (fi)
• French: gaine (fr) f
• German: Hüfthalter (de) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: که‌مه‌ربه‌ند

• Navajo: sis
• Persian: کمربند (fa) (kamarband)
• Russian: пояс (ru) m (pojas), пояс для чулок (ru) m (pojas dlja čulok)
• Swedish: gördel (sv) c

the zodiac

line of greatest circumference of a diamond

• Dutch: rondist (nl)

a thin bed or stratum of stone

the clitellum of an earthworm

• Czech: opasek (cs) m

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• Hebrew: מזיח (he) (meizi'ach) (Biblical)

Verb

girdle (third-person singular simple present girdles, present participle girdling, simple past and past participle girdled)

1. (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
2. (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

Translations

to gird, encircle, or constrain by such means

• Czech: opásat (cs), obklíčit (cs), obkroužit (cs)

to kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark

• Finnish: kaulata (fi)

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