See Also: girdle(medicine)
girdle(dictionary)
girdle(2)(dictionary)
girdle(1)(dictionary)
pectoral girdle(medicine)
pelvic girdle(medicine)
thoracic girdle(medicine)
Hitzig's girdle(medicine)
girdle 1, noun(dictionary)
girdle 2, verb(dictionary)

girdle (iou)



girdle verb trans. L16.
[from GIRDLE noun1.]
Surround with or as with a girdle. (Foll. by about, in, round.) L16.
P. L. Fermor Fragmentary walls..girdled most of the little towns. K. Crossley-Holland A massive stronghold, girdled by flame and guarded by a giant.
Remove a ring of bark from (a tree, a branch) esp. as a means of killing or from (a branch) as a means of increasing a tree's fruitfulness. M17.