Canadian English Meaning of girdle

belt

Other Canadian English words related to belt

Definitions and Meaning of girdle in English

Wordnet

girdle (n)

an encircling or ringlike structure

a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

Wordnet

girdle (v)

cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

put a girdle on or around

Webster

girdle (n.)

A griddle.

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.

The zodiac; also, the equator.

The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.

A thin bed or stratum of stone.

The clitellus of an earthworm.

Webster

girdle (v. t.)

To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.

To inclose; to environ; to shut in.

To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.

FAQs About the word girdle

belt

an encircling or ringlike structure, a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers, a woman's close-fitting foundation garment, cut a

belt,ribbon,sash,belt,belt,cummerbund,cummerbund,seatbelt,Waistband,baldric

untie,unwind,unwrap,unbind,ungirt,unshackle,untie

girding => girding, girder => girder, girded => girded, gird => enclose with a band or bonds, giraudoux => Giraudoux,