girdle
girdle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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. Within the girdle of these walls. Shak. Their breasts girded with golden girdles. Rev. xv.
- 2.2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] Bacon. From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. Cowper. That gems the starry girdle of the year. Campbell.
- 3.(Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. Knight.
- 4.(Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. Raymond.
- 5.(Zoöl.) The clitellus of an earthworm. Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid. -- Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel. -- Sea girdle (Zoöl.), a ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under Venus. -- Shoulder, Pectoral, and Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic. -- To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection.
- 6.To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. Shak.
- 7.To inclose; to environ; to shut in. Those sleeping stones, That as a waist doth girdle you about. Shak.
- 8.To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. [U. S.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- all
- ambient
- ambit
- and
- around
- atmosphere
- baldric
- balustrade
- band
- banlieue
- barricade
- barrier
- begird
- belt
- bent
- beset
- border
- case
- cingle
- circlet
- circuit
- circumambient
- circumference
- circumferential
- circumfluent
- circumjacence
- circumjacent
- circumscribe
- circumvallation
- circumvent
- clasp
- coast
- compass
- contour
- cordon
- corral
- defense
- dike
- dingle
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is girdle.
- What is 2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] Bacon. From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. Cowper. That gems the starry girdle of the year. Campbell called?
- What is the line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. Knight called?
- What is a thin bed or stratum of stone. Raymond called?
- What is to bind with a belt or sash; to gird. Shak called?
- What is to inclose; to environ; to shut in. Those sleeping stones, That as a waist doth girdle you about. Shak called?
- What is to make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. [U. S.] called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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