[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

girdle \gir"dle\, n.
   a griddle. scot.  prov. eng.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

girdle \gir"dle\, n. oe. gurdel, girdel, as. gyrdel, fr.
   gyrdan; akin to d. gordel, g. g"urtel, icel. gyr?ill. see
   gird, v. t., to encircle, and cf. girth, n.
   1913 webster
   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.
      1913 webster

            within the girdle of these walls.     --shak.
      1913 webster

            their breasts girded with golden girdles. --rev. xv.
                                                  6.
      1913 webster

   2. the zodiac; also, the equator. poetic --bacon.
      1913 webster

            from the world's girdle to the frozen pole.
                                                  --cowper.
      1913 webster

            that gems the starry girdle of the year. --campbell.
      1913 webster

   3. jewelry the line ofgreatest circumference of a
      brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the
      setting. see illust. of brilliant. --knight.
      1913 webster

   4. mining a thin bed or stratum of stone. --raymond.
      1913 webster

   5. zool. the clitellus of an earthworm.
      1913 webster

   girdle bone anat., the sphenethmoid. see under
      sphenethmoid.

   girdle wheel, a spinning wheel.

   sea girdle zool., 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
gird girth brilliant girdle bone sphenethmoid girdle wheel 
sea girdle venus's girdle venus shoulder pectoral 
pelvic girdle to have under the girdle 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   2. to inclose; to environ; to shut in.
      1913 webster

            those sleeping stones,
            that as a waist doth girdle you about. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to make a cut or gnaw a groove around a tree, etc.
      through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. u. s.
      1913 webster
see also:
girdled girdling 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
cincture sash waistband waistcloth corset stays 
deaden gird 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

180 moby thesaurus words for "girdle":
   mystik tape, scotch tape, adhesive tape, advocate, alpenstock,
   anklet, arm, armlet, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing,
   band, bandage, bandeau, batten, bearer, begird, belt, belt in,
   bend, beset, bind, bind up, bra, brace, bracelet, bracer, bracket,
   brassiere, bundle, buttress, cane, carrier, cellophane tape,
   cervix, chain, cinch, cincture, cingulum, circle, circuit,
   circuiteer, circulate, circumambulate, circummigrate,
   circumnavigate, circumvent, close the circle, cloth tape, collar,
   collarband, come full circle, compass, corselet, corset, crook,
   crutch, cycle, describe a circle, do up, earring, ecliptic,
   encincture, encircle, encompass, engird, ensphere, equator, fascia,
   fillet, finger ring, flank, foundation garment, friction tape,
   fulcrum, gird, girdle the globe, girt, girth, go about, go around,
   go round, go the round, great circle, guy, guywire, gyre, hem,
   hoop, jock, jockstrap, lace, lap, lash, lath, leash, ligula,
   ligule, list, loop, mainstay, maintainer, make a circuit,
   masking tape, mast, neck, neckband, necklace, nose ring, orbit,
   plank, plastic tape, prop, quoit, reinforce, reinforcement,
   reinforcer, rest, resting place, revolve, ribband, ribbon, rigging,
   ring, rope, round, sash, shoulder, shred, shroud, skirt, slat,
   slip, spill, spine, spiral, splice, spline, sprit, staff,
   standing rigging, stave, stay, stays, stick, stiffener, strake,
   strap, strengthener, strip, strop, support, supporter, surround,
   sustainer, swaddle, swathe, taenia, tape, tape measure, tapeline,
   ticker tape, tie, tie up, truss, twine around, upholder, waistband,
   walking stick, wheel, wire, wrap, wrap up, wreathe, wreathe around,
   wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone

[6] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

girdle
   1. heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers 1 sam.
   18:4; 2 sam. 20:8; 1 kings 2:5; 2 kings 3:21 or women isa.
   3:24.
   
     2. heb. 'ezor, something "bound," worn by prophets 2 kings
   1:8; jer. 13:1, soldiers isa. 5:27; 2 sam. 20:8; ezek. 23:15,
   kings job 12:18.
   
     3. heb. mezah, a "band," a girdle worn by men alone ps.
   109:19; isa. 22:21.
   
     4. heb. 'abnet, the girdle of sacerdotal and state officers
   ex. 28:4, 39, 40; 29:9; 39:29.
   
     5. heb. hesheb, the "curious girdle" ex. 28:8; r.v.,
   "cunningly woven band" was attached to the ephod, and was made
   of the same material.
   
     the common girdle was made of leather 2 kings 1:8; matt.
   3:4; a finer sort of linen jer. 13:1; ezek. 16:10; dan. 10:5.
   girdles of sackcloth were worn in token of sorrow isa. 3:24;
   22:12. they were variously fastened to the wearer mark 1:6;
   jer. 13:1; ezek. 16:10.
   
     the girdle was a symbol of strength and power job 12:18, 21;
   30:11; isa. 22:21; 45:5. "righteousness and faithfulness" are
   the girdle of the messiah isa. 11:5.
   
     girdles were used as purses or pockets matt. 10:9. a. v.,
   "purses;" r.v., marg., "girdles." also mark 6:8.
   

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