girdle

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A girdle.

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[edit] Etymology

Old English gyrdel

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[edit] Noun

Singular
girdle

Plural
girdles

girdle (plural girdles)

  1. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
  2. A belt; 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.

[edit] Translations

a circumference
a belt
the zodiac
line of greatest circumference of a diamond
a thin bed or stratum of stone
the clitellum of an earthworm
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to girdle

Third person singular
girdles

Simple past
girdled

Past participle
girdled

Present participle
girdling

to 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.

[edit] Translations

to gird, encircle, or constrain by such means
to kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark

[edit] Anagrams

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