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(Entry 1 of 2)
a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist
- drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection
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- belt,
- ceinture,
- cincture,
- cummerbund
- (also cumberbund),
- sash,
- self-belt
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of girdle (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt
- trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view
- wire girdling the bundle of firewood
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2
to travel completely around
- an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system
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3
to form a circle around
- the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn
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“Girdle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girdle. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of girdle was before the 12th century
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