Definition of Girdles. Meaning of Girdles. Synonyms of Girdles

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Definition of Girdles

Girdle
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. 2. To inclose; to environ; to shut in. Those sleeping stones, That as a waist doth girdle you about. --Shak. 3. To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. [U. S.]
Girdle
Girdle Gir"dle, n. A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Meaning of Girdles from wikipedia

- especially if a cord or rope, is called a girdle in various contexts, especially historical ones, where girdles were a very common part of everyday clothing...
- Girdling, also called ring-barking, is the cir****ferential removal or injury of the bark (consisting of cork cambium or "p****ogen", phloem, cambium and...
- the two-way stretch girdle and the cup-type br****iere, both more comfortable than their predecessor, the boned corset. Girdles were constructed of elasticized...
- only the sca****. The pectoral girdles are to the upper limbs as the pelvic girdle is to the lower limbs; the girdles are the parts of the appendicular...
- genus, Cestum, and is also the largest of all known ctenop****s. Venus girdles resemble transparent ribbons with iridescent edges. They may grow up to...
- Look up girdle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A girdle is a garment that encircles the midsection. Girdle may also refer to: Girdle (undergarment)...
- Girdle-measurers were practitioners of a specific type of curative English folk magic. They claimed to be able to tell whether fairies had placed a person...
- Girdler is a surname of professional origin. Girdlers or belt makers are people who make metal belts worn around the waist and other small metal objects...
- Fifteenth Century Girdle Book", Bulletin of the New York Public Library. 43/6 (June 1939), 481. Egan, Geoff and Pritchard, Frances. et al. "Girdles" Dress Accessories:...
- Girdle of Venus may refer to: Girdle of Aphrodite, a magical accessory of Aphrodite/Venus The belt of Venus, an atmospheric phenomenon An alternative name...