girdle: significado e definições

A belt or sash worn around the waist.

Something that encircles like a belt.

An elasticized, flexible undergarment worn over the waist and hips, especially by women, to give the body a more slender appearance.

A band made around the trunk of a tree by the removal of a strip of bark.

The edge of a cut gem held by the setting.

Anatomy The pelvic or pectoral girdle.

To encircle with or as if with a belt. See Synonyms at surround.

To circle around: a ring of hills that girdled the city.

To remove a band of bark and cambium from the circumference of (a tree), usually in order to kill it.