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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'girdle' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions girdle noun  That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference A belt; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery. The zodiac; also, the equator. The line of greatest circumference of a w:Diamond cut, brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. A thin bed or stratum of stone. The clitellus of an earthworm. A griddle. Translations:  verb (girdl, ing) (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means. (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark. Etymology: Old English gyrdel        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish 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

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