girdle
noun /ˈɡɜːdl/
/ˈɡɜːrdl/
- a piece of women’s underwear that fits closely around the lower part of the body down to the top of the legs, designed to make a woman look thinner see also panty girdle
- (literary) a thing that surrounds something else
- carefully tended lawns set in a girdle of trees
- (old-fashioned) a belt or thick string fastened around the middle part of the body to keep clothes in position
Word OriginOld English gyrdel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gordel and German Gürtel, also to gird and girth.