girdle

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɝdl̩/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɜːdl̩/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English girdel, gerdel, gurdel, from Old English gyrdel, from Proto-West Germanic *gurdil, from Proto-Germanic *gurdilaz (“girdle, belt”), equivalent to gird +‎ -le. ==== Noun ==== girdle (plural girdles) That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference. the girdle of the world ― the equator A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery. A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape. The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. The clitellum of an earthworm. The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== girdle (third-person singular simple present girdles, present participle girdling, simple past and past participle girdled) (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means. (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== girdle (plural girdles) (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle. === References === === Anagrams === Dilger, Gilder, gilder, girled, glider, gridle, regild, ridgel