Definitions of girdle [ˈgɜr dl]

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Definition of 'girdle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) girdle
an undergarment, worn esp. by women, often boned or of elastic, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.

2.  girdle
a belt, cord, sash, or the like, worn about the waist.

3.  girdle
anything that encircles, confines, or limits.

4.  girdle
the narrow edge or band between the upper and lower or front and back sections of a faceted gemstone.

5.  girdle
either of two bony encircling frameworks connecting the vertebrate limbs to the axial skeleton.

6.  girdle
a ring made around a tree trunk, branch, etc., by removing a band of bark.

7. (v.t.) girdle
to encircle with a belt; gird.

8.  girdle
to encompass; enclose; encircle.

9.  girdle
to move around (something or someone) in a circle.

10.  girdle
to cut away the bark and cambium in a ring around (a tree, branch, etc.).

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE gyrdel, der. of girdan to gird¹)

Definition of 'girdle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) girdle
an encircling or ringlike structure

2. (noun) girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth
a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

3. (verb) corset, girdle, stays
a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

4. (verb) girdle, deaden
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
"girdle the plant"

5. (verb) girdle, gird
put a girdle on or around
"gird your loins"

Definition of 'girdle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) girdle
a griddle

2. (noun) girdle
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

3. (noun) girdle
the zodiac; also, the equator

4. (noun) girdle
the line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant

5. (noun) girdle
a thin bed or stratum of stone

6. (noun) girdle
the clitellus of an earthworm

7. (verb) girdle
to bind with a belt or sash; to gird

8. (verb) girdle
to inclose; to environ; to shut in

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

Translation of 'girdle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a belt or cord worn round the waist She wore a girdle round her tunic.
Afrikaans: gordel	Arabic: حِزام، زُنّار	Bulgarian: колан
Brazilian: cinto	Czech: pás, opasek	German: der Gürtel
Danish: bælte; snor	Greek: ζώνη	Spanish: cinto
Estonian: vöö	Farsi: کمربند زنانه؛ شال کمر	Finnish: lannevyö
French: ceinture	Hebrew: חגורה	Hindi: पेटी
Croatian: pojas	Hungarian: öv	Indonesian: ikat pinggang
Icelandic: mittisól, belti	Italian: cintura	Japanese: 帯
Korean: 벨트, 장식띠	Lithuanian: juosta, diržas	Latvian: josta
Malay: bengkung	Dutch: gordel	Norwegian: belte, gjord
Polish: pasek	Persian: کمربند زنانه؛ شال کمر	Pashto: ملاوستونى، ملا تړونى،كمرب
Portuguese: cinto	Romanian: centură	Russian: пояс
Slovak: pás	Slovenian: pas	Serbian: pojas
Swedish: gördel, bälte, skärp	Thai: สายคาด	Turkish: kemer, kuşak
Taiwanese: 腰帶	Ukrainian: ремінець	Urdu: کمر پیٹی
Vietnamese: thắt lưng	Chinese: 腰带
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