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

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