İngilizce dilinde "girdle" tanımı

noun

1. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.

   • the girdle of the world

2. A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.

3. A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape.

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. The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.

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.

noun

1. (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle.