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girdle
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural girdles
plural girdles
Learner's definition of GIRDLE
[count]
: something that wraps or circles around something else
specifically : a tight piece of clothing worn especially in the past by women under other clothes to make the area around the waist look thinner环绕物；（尤指旧时女子的）紧身褡
2 girdle /ˈgɚdl̟/ verb
girdles; girdled; girdling
2 girdle
/ˈgɚdl̟/
verb
girdles; girdled; girdling
Learner's definition of GIRDLE
[+ object] formal
: to form a circle around (something) or to surround (something)环绕；包围
- the rings that girdle the planet Saturn土星的光环
girdled; girdling ˈgər-dᵊl-iŋ 
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection Verb the rings that girdle the planet Saturn trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view
Recent Examples on the Web
Dominic Green, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 The answers to my questions were contemplative and self-aware paragraphs, as if the girdle of poetic form had been loosened. Danny Freedman, Outside Online, 8 July 2022 That includes the transverse abdominis, one of the deepest abdominal muscles, which wraps around the lower torso like a girdle. Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 16 May 2021 And unlike a bezel setting, where a diamond is set into a bed of metal that circles the diamond at the girdle, the bottom of a Floeting setting is open on four sides to allow light to enter. Carol Besler, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021 Some 30 amulets and a unique gold girdle were found within the wrappings. Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Dec. 2021 Like an invisible setting, grooves are laser cut into the diamond just below the girdle. Carol Besler, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021 As Camelot crumbles around him, Gawain pulls off the magical girdle that has kept him safe from harm — and his head rolls clean off. Nate Jones, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2021 The girdle — a gift from his mother, the sorceress Morgan Le Fay (Sarita Choudhury) — is emblematic of his cheat-code approach toward honor. Nate Jones, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2021 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2022 Too tight tree stakes and straps around the trunk or branches can girdle a tree too. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 July 2022 Roots growing in that way strangle, or girdle, the tree. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2022 So when the developer of Oakland’s newest waterfront park wants to girdle it with 10 acres of private boat slips, the only polite response is — not so fast. John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021 The spots rapidly enlarge to form purplish black lesions, which girdle the stems and leaves, killing the foliage. oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021 The spots rapidly enlarge to form purplish black lesions, which girdle the stems and leaves, killing the foliage. oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021 The spots rapidly enlarge to form purplish black lesions, which girdle the stems and leaves, killing the foliage. oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021 The spots rapidly enlarge to form purplish black lesions, which girdle the stems and leaves, killing the foliage. oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021 See More
Noun
As the Lapith tribe carried the gift of a girdle to the shrine of Artemis, centaurs tried to abduct the Lapith women. Dominic Green, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 The answers to my questions were contemplative and self-aware paragraphs, as if the girdle of poetic form had been loosened. Danny Freedman, Outside Online, 8 July 2022 That includes the transverse abdominis, one of the deepest abdominal muscles, which wraps around the lower torso like a girdle. Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 16 May 2021 And unlike a bezel setting, where a diamond is set into a bed of metal that circles the diamond at the girdle, the bottom of a Floeting setting is open on four sides to allow light to enter. Carol Besler, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021 Some 30 amulets and a unique gold girdle were found within the wrappings. Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Dec. 2021 Like an invisible setting, grooves are laser cut into the diamond just below the girdle. Carol Besler, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021 As Camelot crumbles around him, Gawain pulls off the magical girdle that has kept him safe from harm — and his head rolls clean off. Nate Jones, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2021 The girdle — a gift from his mother, the sorceress Morgan Le Fay (Sarita Choudhury) — is emblematic of his cheat-code approach toward honor. Nate Jones, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2021 Verb
If left unchecked, the stems can girdle a small tree or shrub. Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2022 Too tight tree stakes and straps around the trunk or branches can girdle a tree too. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 July 2022 Roots growing in that way strangle, or girdle, the tree. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2022 So when the developer of Oakland’s newest waterfront park wants to girdle it with 10 acres of private boat slips, the only polite response is — not so fast. John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021 The spots rapidly enlarge to form purplish black lesions, which girdle the stems and leaves, killing the foliage. oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021 The spots rapidly enlarge to form purplish black lesions, which girdle the stems and leaves, killing the foliage. oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021 The spots rapidly enlarge to form purplish black lesions, which girdle the stems and leaves, killing the foliage. oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021 The spots rapidly enlarge to form purplish black lesions, which girdle the stems and leaves, killing the foliage. oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English girdel, gurdel "belt, baldric," going back to Old English gyrdel "belt, part of the body encircled by a belt," going back to Germanic *gurđila- (whence also Old Frisian gerdel "belt, girdle," Old High German gurtil, Old Norse gyrðill), instrumental derivative from *gurđjan- "to encircle with a belt" — more at gird entry 1
Verb
derivative of girdle entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of girdle was before the 12th century Phrases Containing girdle
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