girdle
—girdle /ˈɡɜː.dl̩/ aep /ˈɡɝː-/
Ⅰ noun 1 F0 [C] OLD-FASHIONED a piece of underwear for women worn around the waist and bottom that stretches to shape the body Thesaurus+: ↑Underwear2 F0 [C] a long strip of cloth worn tied around the waist, especially in the past Thesaurus+: ↑Underwear3 F0 [C usually singular] LITERARY something that surrounds another thing Thesaurus+: ↑Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
Ⅱ verb [T] LITERARY ↑Verb Endings for girdle ► F0 to surround something: » a garden girdled by oak treesThesaurus+: ↑Enclosing, surrounding and immersing |