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Meaning of 'girdle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Girdle [ n.]
- A griddle.
- 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.
- The zodiac; also, the equator.
- The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.
- A thin bed or stratum of stone.
- The clitellus of an earthworm.
2 . Girdle [ v. t.]
- To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.
- To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
- To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.

Meaning of 'girdle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . girdle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- put a girdle on or around
Example in sentence:
  • gird your loins
Meaning (2):
- cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
Example in sentence:
  • girdle the plant

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