girdle Definition

girdle¹
noun

1. A woman's close-fitting elasticated undergarment that covers the area from waist to thigh.
2. old use
A belt or cord worn round the waist.
Thesaurus: corset, belt, sash, cummerbund, waistband, cincture.
3. A surrounding part, especially such a part of the body.

Example: pelvic girdle

verb girdled, girdling

1. To put a girdle on someone or something.
2. literary
To surround something.
Thesaurus: surround, encircle, hem, ring, bind, enclose, encompass, environ, circumscribe.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon gyrdel, from gird.

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girdle² griddle

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griddle
girdle
noun

1. A flat iron plate that is heated for baking or frying, either set into the top of a stove or separate, and which looks like a flat pan with a handle.

Etymology: 13c: from French gridil.