girdle
noun
[ ˈɡəːd(ə)l ]
• a belt or cord worn round the waist.
• "her waist was defined by a gold chain girdle"
Similar:
belt,
sash,
strap,
cummerbund,
waistband,
band,
girth,
cord,
fillet,
obi,
baldric,
cincture,
ceinture,
cestus,
cingulum,
zone,
• a woman's elasticated corset extending from waist to thigh.
• "she wears corsets and girdles, tight and uncomfortable"
• the part of a cut gem dividing the crown from the base and embraced by the setting.
• a ring made around a tree by removing bark.
girdle
verb
• encircle (the body) with a girdle.
• "the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist"
• cut through the bark all the way round (a tree or branch), typically in order to kill it or to kill a branch to make the tree more fruitful.
• "sometimes the trees were completely girdled and died"
Origin:
Old English gyrdel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gordel and German Gürtel, also to gird1 and girth.
girdle
noun
• a heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food; a griddle.
Origin:
late Middle English: variant of griddle.
