Girdle

gėrd′l, n. that which encircles, esp. a band or belt for the waist: an enclosure, compa , limit: in jewellery, a horizontal line surrounding a stone.— v.t. to bind, as with a girdle: to enclose: to make a circular incision, as through the bark of a tree to kill it.— n. Gird′le-belt , a belt for girding the waist.— p.adj. Gird′led ( Shak. ), surrounded with, or as with, a girdle.— n. Gird′ler , one who girdles: a maker of girdles. [A.S. gyrdel — gyrdan , to gird.]