Girdle

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.

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.