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What does girdle mean?

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Noun
  1. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
  2. A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
  3. The zodiac; also, the equator.
  4. The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
  5. (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
  6. The clitellum of an earthworm.
  7. (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle
Verb
  1. (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
  2. (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
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