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

• planetariums
• planetary
• planetary gear
• planetary gears
• planetary nebula
• planetary nebulae
• planetesimal
• planetesimals
• planetic
• planetical
• planetoid
• planetoidal
• planetoids
• planetologies
• planetologist
• planetologists
• planetology
• planets
• planet-stricken
• planet-struck
• planform
• plangencies
• plangency
• plangent
• plangently