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   girdle

   /ˈɡəːd(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a belt or cord worn round the waist: "her waist was defined by a gold chain girdle" Similar beltsashstrapcummerbundwaistbandbandgirthcordfilletobirare:baldriccinctureceinturecestuscingulumzone
   • ▪ a thing that encircles something like a girdle: "a communications girdle around the world"
   • ▪ either of two sets of bones encircling the body, to which the limbs are attached.
   • 2. a woman's elasticated corset extending from waist to thigh: "she wears corsets and girdles, tight and uncomfortable" Similar corsetcorseletfoundation garmentpanty girdletruss
   • 3. the part of a cut gem dividing the crown from the base and embraced by the setting.
   • 4. a ring made around a tree by removing bark.

   verb

   • 1. encircle (the body) with a girdle: "the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist"
   • ▪ surround; encircle: "the chain of volcanoes which girdles the Pacific"
   • 2. 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"

   Word Origin Old Englishgyrdel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gordel and German Gürtel, also to gird1 and girth.

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