Girdle

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dÉ™l

Origin

From Old English gyrdel.

Full definition of girdle

Noun

1. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
• Shakespearewithin the girdle of these walls
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.
• Bible, Revelations xv. 6their breasts girded with golden girdles
3. The zodiac; also, the equator.
• Campbellthat gems the starry girdle of the year
• Cowperfrom the world's girdle to the frozen pole
4. The line of greatest circumference of a Diamond cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
5. (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
6. The clitellum of an earthworm.
7. (Scottish, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• gilder
• glider
• regild