meaning of girdle

1. A griddle.
2.
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.
The zodiac; also, the equator.
4.
The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.
5.
A thin bed or stratum of stone.
6.
The clitellus of an earthworm.
7.
To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.
8.
To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
9.
To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc. ) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.
10.
a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers


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