Definitions for girdles

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girdles gir·dle

Spelling: [gur-dl]

IPA: /ˈgɜr dl/

Girdles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 224 anagrams from letters in girdles (degilrs).

Definitions for girdles

noun

1. a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
2. a belt, cord, sash, or the like, worn about the waist.
3. anything that encircles, confines, or limits.
4. Jewelry. the edge or narrow band between the upper and lower facets of a gem.
5. Anatomy. the bony framework that unites the upper or lower extremities to the axial skeleton.
6. Architecture. an ornamental band, especially one surrounding the shaft of a column.
7. a ring made about a tree trunk, branch, etc., by removing a band of bark.

verb (used with object)

1. to encircle with a belt; gird.
2. to encompass; enclose; encircle.
3. to move around (something or someone) in a circle.
4. to cut away the bark and cambium in a ring around (a tree, branch, etc.).
5. Jewelry. round1 (def 49).

Origin of girdles

before 1000; Middle English; Old English gyrdel, derivative of girdan to gird¹

Examples for girdles

“A source says Brad has been sporting a girdle to control his pudgy midsection recently,” the magazine wrote.

He took it from his girdle warped by the wet and the warmth of his body.

That bag at his girdle is full of the teeth that he drew at Winchester fair.

She leaned forward, pointing to the empty sheath at his girdle.

The villages in which they encamped belonged to Parysatis, as part of her girdle money .

He loosened his girdle, and struck the tree with it three times.

Her camorra, too, was open, and in her girdle there were gems for all to see.

When you get there you must loosen your girdle and strike the tree with it three times in succession.

Regarding only what is below the girdle,” he added, “it is impossible…to know an old from a young one.

Then she lifted the cross that hung from her girdle, and held it out to the sister.