Definition of Girdle

  • (v. t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.
  • (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
  • (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.
  • (n.) A griddle.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator.
  • (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.
  • (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
  • (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.

Antonyms of Girdle


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Homophones of Girdle


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