girdle
['gә:dl]
n. 腰带, 围绕

vt. 腰带束缚, 围绕

[医] 带, 托带, 带

1. The young teacher had difficulty in holding the children under her girdle.
   那位老师很孩话。
2. A thick forest girdled the castle about.
   片浓密森围着堡。
3. A belt or girdle worn by men in ancient Greece.
   腰带古希腊腰带束带

girdle
[ noun ]

1. an encircling or ringlike structure

<noun.body>

2. a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

<noun.artifact>

3. a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

<noun.artifact>

[ verb ]

1. cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

<verb.contact> deaden
girdle the plant

2. put a girdle on or around

<verb.contact> gird
gird your loins

Girdle \Gir"dle\, n.
A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]


Girdle \Gir"dle\, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr.
gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. g["u]rtel, Icel. gyr?ill. See
{Gird}, v. t., to encircle, and cf. {Girth}, n.]
1. 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.

Within the girdle of these walls. --Shak.

Their breasts girded with golden girdles. --Rev. xv.
6.

2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] --Bacon.

From the world's girdle to the frozen pole.
--Cowper.

That gems the starry girdle of the year. --Campbell.

3. (Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a
brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the
setting. See Illust. of {Brilliant}. --Knight.

4. (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. --Raymond.

5. (Zo["o]l.) The clitellus of an earthworm.

{Girdle bone} (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under
{Sphenethmoid}.

{Girdle wheel}, a spinning wheel.

{Sea girdle} (Zo["o]l.), a ctenophore. See {Venus's girdle},
under {Venus}.

{Shoulder}, {Pectoral}, & {Pelvic}, {girdle}. (Anat.) See
under {Pectoral}, and {Pelvic}.

{To have under the girdle}, to have bound to one, that is, in
subjection.


Girdle \Gir"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girdled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Girdling}.]
1. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. --Shak.

2. To inclose; to environ; to shut in.

Those sleeping stones,
That as a waist doth girdle you about. --Shak.

3. To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.)
through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. [U. S.]


Girdle \Gir"dle\, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr.
gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. g["u]rtel, Icel. gyr?ill. See
{Gird}, v. t., to encircle, and cf. {Girth}, n.]
1. 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.

Within the girdle of these walls. --Shak.

Their breasts girded with golden girdles. --Rev. xv.
6.

2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] --Bacon.

From the world's girdle to the frozen pole.
--Cowper.

That gems the starry girdle of the year. --Campbell.

3. (Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a
brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the
setting. See Illust. of {Brilliant}. --Knight.

4. (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. --Raymond.

5. (Zo["o]l.) The clitellus of an earthworm.

{Girdle bone} (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under
{Sphenethmoid}.

{Girdle wheel}, a spinning wheel.

{Sea girdle} (Zo["o]l.), a ctenophore. See {Venus's girdle},
under {Venus}.

{Shoulder}, {Pectoral}, & {Pelvic}, {girdle}. (Anat.) See
under {Pectoral}, and {Pelvic}.

{To have under the girdle}, to have bound to one, that is, in
subjection.