How to pronounce“girdle”in English
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Definitions of “girdle”
That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
“the girdle of the world”
A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
“And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles”
To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
“The Equator, as everyone knows, is an imaginary line or circle girdling the Earth half-way between the North and South poles.”
To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
“The ordinary large reddish "hen hawks," which circle high above meadows, are doing great good to the farmer by feeding upon the mice and other creatures which steal his grain and girdle his trees.”
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