"girdle" Definition

Definitions for the word "girdle" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A griddle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The zodiac; also, the equator.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A thin bed or stratum of stone.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The clitellus of an earthworm.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 belt or cord worn round the waist. 2 corset. 3 thing that surrounds. 4 bony support for the limbs (pelvic girdle). v. (-ling) surround with a girdle. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
11. n.
Scot. & n.engl. Var. Of *griddle.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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