单词 | engirdling |
释义 | engirdlingn. The action of preceding vb.; concrete that which engirdles. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > encircling band or ring sengilbondc1479 colletc1530 verge1573 engirdling1598 zone1605 girdlea1616 belting1676 belt1753 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cingolo, a girdle or a garter, an engirdling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). engirdlingadj. That engirdles, surrounds, encloses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] circumjacent1490 circumstant1545 circumvoisin1548 environing?a1560 encompassing1571 ambient1572 succingent1578 embracing1590 circling1594 girdling1598 circumdant1600 rounding1600 all round?1611 circumferent1620 circumsistent1625 circuiting1632 circulating1632 encircling1632 surrounding1637 begirting1645 circumambient1648 circumstantial1650 girding1658 skirtingc1735 entwining1737 circumadjacent1780 belting1808 engirdling1843 encyclic1850 engirding1852 zoning1853 roundaboutc1860 begirding1877 wraparound1957 1843 T. De Quincey Ceylon in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 627/1 The people of the engirdling zone are called the Cinghalese. 1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea xi. §512 Vapour rising up from the engirdling ocean. 1883 Knowledge 15 June 357/1 The protecting embrace of his [Saturn's] engirdling rings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1598adj.1843 |
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