AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

  
Definitions
girdle Twit Definition of girdle Share Definition of girdle on Facebook Digg:Definition of girdle! stumble Definition of girdle Bookmark Definition of girdle on Delicious submit Definition of girdle to reddit Bookmark Definition of girdle
noun 
  1. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
  2. A belt; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
  3. The zodiac; also, the equator.
  4. The line of greatest circumference of a w:Diamond cut, brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
  5. A thin bed or stratum of stone.
  6. The clitellus of an earthworm.
  7. A griddle.
Translations: 
    verb (girdl, ing)
    1. (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
    2. (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
    Etymology: Old English gyrdel

         Source Definition of girdle
      

     Find:
      Words Starting With:
      Words Ending With:
      Words Containing:
      Words That Match:

     
     Translate Into:
      
    Dutch   French   German
      
    Italian   Spanish
        Show results per page.

    Google
     

    Browse the Dictionary
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

     
      green quotes and commentary

       
    Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
    Allwords Copyright 1998-2009 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.