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Meanings of girdle in English

Catalan
faixa
Spanish
faja
Wikidata

Women's underwear, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and shaping the appearance of the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.

faixa
Catalan
cinturó
Spanish
cinturón

The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.

cinturó
Portuguese
corset
Catalan
cotilla
Spanish
faja

A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.

corset
Portuguese
cingir
Spanish
ceñir

Put a girdle on or around.

cingir
Usage of girdle in English
1
And so I took the pistol and carried it in my girdle.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
2
The girdle, the connecting-bands, and the motor were then in turn unpacked.
The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales
3
And the Princess Joceliande laughed, and replaced the scissors in her girdle.
Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
4
He again took off the girdle and put it in my hands.
The Fool Errant / Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley,...
5
Again the feeble remnant of the Hawaiian race voted against the girdle.
Nonsenseorship
6
The only dress of the men is a girdle encircling the loins.
The World of Waters, Or, A Peaceful Progress O'er the Unpathed S...
7
And then his hand touched the apples that were in his girdle.
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
8
However, quadriceps muscles were consistently spared both in distal and limb-girdle phenotypes.
Pubmed
9
The girdle was often tied around it instead of round the tunic.
Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs
10
With a mischievous smile she touched the roses nodding in her girdle.
The Palace of Darkened Windows
11
Then the cobbler took a girdle and painted this rhyme upon it:
Story Hour Readers — Book Three
12
The pieces bear processes which rest against neighboring pieces of the girdle.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
13
A ciliated girdle is placed at the edge of the sucking disk.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
14
The effect of this is to girdle the tree which soon dies.
Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at t...
15
A girdle of large pink pearls confined the robe at the waist.
Mizora: A Prophecy / A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of th...
16
And a girdle of the same colours, as the Lord had commanded
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common