Found 3 items, similar to Girdle.
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Definition: girdle
korset
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: girdle
girdle
n 1: an encircling or ringlike structure
2: a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt
or trousers [syn:
cincture,
sash,
waistband,
waistcloth]
3: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn:
corset,
stays]
v 1: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the
circulation of water and nutrients;
“girdle the plant”
[syn:
deaden]
2: put a girdle on or around;
“gird your loins” [syn:
gird]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Girdle
Girdle
\Gir"dle\, n.
A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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Girdle
\Gir"dle\, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr.
gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. g["u]rtel, Icel. gyr?ill. See
Gird, v. t., to encircle, and cf.
Girth, n.]
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1. 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.
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Within the girdle of these walls. --Shak.
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Their breasts girded with golden girdles. --Rev. xv.
6.
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2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] --Bacon.
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From the world's girdle to the frozen pole.
--Cowper.
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That gems the starry girdle of the year. --Campbell.
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3. (Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a
brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the
setting. See Illust. of
Brilliant. --Knight.
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4. (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. --Raymond.
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5. (Zo["o]l.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
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Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under
Sphenethmoid.
Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel.
Sea girdle (Zo["o]l.), a ctenophore. See
Venus's girdle,
under
Venus.
Shoulder,
Pectoral, &
Pelvic,
girdle. (Anat.) See
under
Pectoral, and
Pelvic.
To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in
subjection.
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Girdle
\Gir"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Girdled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Girdling.]
1. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. --Shak.
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2. To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
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Those sleeping stones,
That as a waist doth girdle you about. --Shak.
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3. To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.)
through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. [U. S.]
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