The meaning of Girdle

noun

A belt for a sword or other piece of equipment, worn over one shoulder and reaching down to the opposite hip.

Usage examples:

The whole thing then had to be hung via a baldric either over the shoulder or around the waist.

noun

A flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, for reinforcement, or as decoration.

Usage examples:

Wads of banknotes fastened with gummed paper bands

verb

Provide or fit (an object) with something in the form of a strip or ring, for reinforcement or decoration.

Usage examples:

Doors are banded with iron to make them stronger

verb

(of people or organizations) form a group to achieve a mutual objective.

Usage examples:

Local people banded together to fight the company

noun

A strip of leather or other material worn, typically round the waist, to support or hold in clothes or to carry weapons.

Usage examples:

He tightened his leather belt an extra notch

verb

Fasten with a belt.

Usage examples:

She belted her raincoat firmly

noun

A strip of leather or other material worn around the waist

Usage examples:

A black leather belt, the corn belt (= area known for growing corn), he belted the ball out of the …

noun

A girdle or belt.

Usage examples:

The corners are gathered together in a rosette and knotted along the ceinture so as to overlap slig…

noun

A belt or girdle, especially one worn by a bride in ancient times.

Usage examples:

Her girdle or cestus conferred magic beauty on the wearer.

noun

A girdle or belt.

Usage examples:

He put the cincture about his waist

noun

A curved bundle of nerve fibres in each hemisphere of the brain.

Usage examples:

A large proportion of fibers in the cingulum traverse only relatively short segments of this rather…

noun

Thin, flexible string or rope made from several twisted strands.

Usage examples:

Hang the picture from a rail on a length of cord

verb

Attach a cord to.

Usage examples:

You will need to cord the blind

noun

A piece of armour covering the trunk.

Usage examples:

Placed on the bench above each retainer, his crested helmet, his linked corselet and sturdy spear s…

noun

A woman's foundation garment combining corset and bra.

noun

A woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure.

Usage examples:

Fashion in clothes often influences body shape - witness the corset and the wasp waist.

noun

A tight piece of underwear made from elastic material, worn in the past on the middle part of a woman’s body to make her waist appear smaller

noun

A sash worn around the waist, especially as part of a man's formal evening suit.

Usage examples:

Adding a belt, sash or cummerbund further accentuates the waist.

noun

A wide piece of cloth worn round the waist, especially by men, as part of formal or western asian clothing

noun

A fleshy boneless piece of meat from near the loins or the ribs of an animal.

Usage examples:

A chicken breast fillet

verb

Remove the bones from (a fish).

Usage examples:

Ask your fishmonger to fillet it and remove the small bones.

noun

A piece of meat or fish without bones

Usage examples:

The customer wanted her fish filleted.

noun

The measurement around the middle of something, especially a person's waist.

Usage examples:

Idle men of great girth

verb

Surround; encircle.

Usage examples:

The four seas that girth britain

noun

The distance around the outside of a thick or fat object, like a tree or a body

Usage examples:

He was a man of massive girth.

noun

A broad sash worn round the waist of a japanese kimono.

Usage examples:

She explained everything to us - from the types and meanings of the different kimonos and obis (clo…

noun

Variant form of obeah.

noun

A kind of sorcery practised especially in the caribbean.

Usage examples:

He knows the value of my power of obeah

noun

A long strip or loop of cloth worn over one shoulder or round the waist, especially as part of a uniform or official dress.

Usage examples:

On the bench where we were last sitting was a young man with long black hair, dressed in a tight bl…

noun

A frame holding the glass in a window, typically one of two sliding frames in a sash window.

Usage examples:

Paint analysis showed that the doors, door frames, and window sashes on the second floor of the add…

noun

A long, narrow piece of cloth worn around the waist, or a strip of cloth worn over the shoulder and across the chest

noun

A strip of leather, cloth, or other flexible material, used to fasten, secure, or carry something or to hold on to something.

Usage examples:

Her bra strap

verb

Fasten or secure in a specified place or position with a strap.

Usage examples:

I had to strap the bag to my bicycle

verb

An elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position

noun

A framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure.

Usage examples:

Roof trusses

verb

Tie up the wings and legs of (a chicken or other bird) before cooking.

Usage examples:

Alfred had already trussed and stuffed the geese

noun

A support for a building or bridge, made of wood or steel

Usage examples:

No one knows if the fire damaged the building’s trusses and support beams.

noun

A strip of cloth forming the waist of a garment such as a skirt or a pair of trousers.

Usage examples:

Korbin stood up from his sitting position and hooked a thumb on the waistband of his jeans.

noun

A strip of material that forms the waist of a pair of trousers or a skirt

Usage examples:

He had a gun tucked into the waistband of his trousers.

noun

An area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions.

Usage examples:

A pedestrian zone

verb

Divide into or assign to zones.

Usage examples:

The park has been zoned into four distinct bioregions, each with its own ecological identity