girdle¹ /gûrˈdl/

1. A waistbelt
2. A cord worn around the waist by a monk, etc
3. Anything that encloses like a belt
4. A woman's lightweight, close-fitting undergarment, a form of corset, reaching from waist to thigh
5. A bony arch to which a limb is attached (anatomy)
6. A worm's clitellum
7. A ring-shaped cut around a tree
8. The rim of a brilliant-cut gem

1. To bind or enclose with a girdle, or as if with a girdle
2. To cut a ring round (a tree, etc)
3. To cut a circular outline around (a gemstone)

girdˈled adjective

girdˈler noun

1. A person who or thing which girdles
2. A maker of girdles

girdleˈstead noun (obsolete)

The waist

griddle /gridˈl/ or (Scot) girdle /gûrˈdl, girˈdl/

1. A flat iron plate placed over heat for making eg drop scones
2. A flat, heated, metal cooking surface
3. A wire-bottomed sieve used by a miner (historical)

1. To cook on a griddle
2. To sieve using a griddle (historical)

griddˈle-cake noun

1. A drop scone
2. A thick pancake (US)

griddle car noun (old)

A coach on a train where simple cooked meals can be obtained

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