| Girdle: English to English |
| Girdle (n.) A griddle. |
| Girdle (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone. |
| Girdle (n.) That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus. |
| Girdle (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm. |
| Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. |
| Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator. |
| Girdle (v. t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. |
| Girdle (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in. |
| Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. |