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   gir·dle

   /ˈɡərd(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a belt or cord worn around the waist. Similar beltsashstrapcummerbundwaistbandbandgirthcordfilletobirare:baldriccinctureceinturecestuscingulumzone
   • ▪ a woman's elasticized corset extending from waist to thigh. Similar corsetcorseletfoundation garmentpanty girdletruss
   • ▪ a thing that surrounds something like a belt or girdle: "a communications girdle around the world"
   • ▪ either of two sets of bones encircling the body, to which the limbs are attached.
   • ▪ the part of a cut gem dividing the crown from the base and embraced by the setting.
   • ▪ a ring around a tree made by removing bark.

   verb

   • 1. encircle (the body) with or as a girdle or belt: "the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist"
   • ▪ surround; encircle: "the chain of volcanoes that girdles the Pacific"
   • 2. cut through the bark all the way around (a tree or branch), typically in order to kill it or to kill a branch to make the tree more fruitful: "sometimes the trees were completely girdled and died"

   Word Origin Old Englishgyrdel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gordel and German Gürtel, also to gird1 and girth.

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