英语词汇“girdle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

girdle

释义

something that encircles or confines something, e.g.:

a belt or cord encircling the body, usu at the waist

a woman's tightly fitting undergarment that extends from the waist to below the hips

a ring made by the removal of the bark round a tree trunk

the edge of a cut gem that is grasped by the setting

[Old English gyrdel]

to encircle (something or somebody) with a girdle, or as if with a girdle

to cut a girdle round (a tree), usu in order to kill it

Scot, N Eng dialect = griddle¹

[Middle English (Scots) girdill, girdil, alteration of Middle English gredil: see griddle¹]

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