Girdle

Definitions: Girdle

Girdle

Noun

1. An encircling or ringlike structure.

2. A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers.

3. A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.

Verb

1. Cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients.

2. Put a girdle on or around.

Date "girdle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Girdle (1.) Heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 3:21) or women (Isa. 3:24). (2.) Heb. 'ezor, something "bound," worn by prophets (2 Kings 1:8; Jer. 13:1), soldiers (Isa. 5:27; 2 Sam. 20:8; Ezek. 23:15), Kings (Job 12:18). (3.) Heb. mezah, a "band," a girdle worn by men alone (Ps. 109:19; Isa. 22:21). (4.) Heb. 'abnet, the girdle of sacerdotal and state officers (Ex. 28:4, 39, 40; 29:9; 39:29). (5.) Heb. hesheb, the "curious girdle" (Ex. 28:8; R.V., "cunningly woven band") was attached to the ephod, and was made of the same material. The common girdle was made of leather (2 Kings 1:8; Matt. 3:4); a finer sort of linen (Jer. 13:1; Ezek. 16:10; Dan. 10:5). Girdles of sackcloth were worn in token of sorrow (Isa. 3:24; 22:12). They were variously fastened to the wearer (Mark 1:6; Jer. 13:1; Ezek. 16:10). The girdle was a symbol of strength and power (Job 12:18, 21; 30:11; Isa. 22:21; 45:5). "Righteousness and faithfulness" are the girdle of the Messiah (Isa. 11:5). Girdles were used as purses or pockets (Matt. 10:9. A. V., "purses;" R.V., marg., "girdles." Also Mark 6:8). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
	To see others wearing velvet, or jeweled girdles, foretells that you will strive for wealth more than honor. For a woman to receive one, signifies that honors will be conferred upon her. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Girdle (g hard). A good name is better than a golden girdle. A good name is better than money. It used to be customary to carry money in the girdle, and a girdle of gold meant a "purse of gold." The French proverb, "Bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture dorée, " refers rather to the custom of wearing girdles of gold tissue, forbidden, in 1420, to women of bad character. Children under the girdle. Not yet born. "All children under the girdle at the time of Marriage are held to be legitimate." - Notes and Queries. If he be angry, he knows how to turn his girdle (Much Ado about Nothing, v. 1). If he is angry, let him prepare himself to fight, if he likes. Before wrestlers, in ancient times, engaged in combat, they turned the buckle of their girdle behind them. Thus, Sir Ralph Winwood writes to Secretary Cecil: "I said `What I spoke was not to make him Angry.' He replied, `If I were angry, I might turn The buckle of my girdle behind me."' - Dec. 17, 1802. He has a large mouth but small girdle. Great expenses but small means. The girdle is the purse or purse-pocket. (See above.) He has undone her girdle. Taken her for his wedded wife. The Roman bride wore a chaplet of flowers on her head, and a girdle of sheep's wool about her waist. A part of the marriage ceremony was for the bridegroom to loose this girdle. (Vaughan: Golden Grove.) The Persian regulation-girdle. In Persia a new sort of "Procrustes Bed" is adopted, according to Kemper. One of the officers of the king is styled the "chief holder of the girdle," and his business is to measure the ladies of the harem by a sort of regulation-girdle. If any lady has outgrown the standard, she is reduced, like a jockey, by spare diet; but, if she falls short thereof, she is fatted up, like a Strasburg goose, to regulation size. (See Procrustes.) To put a girdle round the earth. To travel or go round it. Puck says, "I'll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes." (Midsummer Night's Dream, ii. 2.) Girdle (Florimel's). The prize of a grand tournament in which Sir Satyrane and several others took part. It was dropped by Florimel, picked up by Sir Satyrane, and employed by him to bind the monster sent in her pursuit; but it came again into the hands of the knight, who kept it in a golden casket. It was a "gorgeous girdle made by Vulcan for Venus, embossed with pearls and precious stones;" but its chief virtue was "It gave the virtue of chaste love, And wifehood true to all that it did bear; But whosoever contrary doth prove Might not the same about her middle wear, But it would loose, or else asunder tear." Spenser: Faerie Queene, book iii. canto vii. 31. King Arthur's Drinking Horn, and the Court Mantel in Orlando Furioso, possessed similar virtues. Girdle (St. Colman's) would meet only round the chaste. "In Ireland it yet remains to be proved whether St. Colman's girdle has not lost its virtue " [the Reference is to Charles S. Parnell]. - Nineteenth Century, Feb., 1891, p. 206. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Mining	A. A thin sandstone stratum b. Flattened lenticles or nodules of any hard stone in softer beds. Sometimes extended also to beds c. In stratigraphy: (1) a thin stratum, particularly said of sandstone or coal, esp. when exposed in a shaft or borehole or (2) flattened lenticles or nodules of any hard stone in softer beds. d. In gemology, the line that encompasses a cut gem parallel to the horizon; or that determines the greatest horizontal expansion of the stone. e. In structural petrology, on an equal-area projection, a belt or concentration of points representing orientations of fabric elements. If this belt coincides approx. with a great circle of the projection, it is referred to as a great-circle girdle. If the belt of concentration coincides approx. with a small circle of the projection, it is called asmall-circle or "cleft girdle". (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Girdle

Synonyms: cincture (n), corset (n), panty girdle (n), sash (n), stays (n), waistband (n), waistcloth (n), deaden (v), gird (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Circuition	Circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent; "put a girdle round about the earth"; go the round, make the round of.
Circularity	Circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo.
Circumjacence	Outpost; border; (edge); girdle; (circumference); outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue; neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity.
Clothing	Underclothes, underpants, undershirt; slip, brassiere, corset, stays, corsage, corset, corselet, bodice, girdle; (circle); stomacher; petticoat, panties; under waistcoat; jock, athletic supporter, jockstrap.
Connection	Fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces, harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet; inkle; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot; cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim; suspenders.
Inclosure	Noun: inclosure, envelope; case; (receptacle); wrapper; girdle.
Outline	Zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt; cordon; (inclosure); circlet,.
Velocity	Phrase: vires acquirit eundo; "I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes"; "swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow"; go like a bat out of hell; tempus fugit.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I couldn't get into the girdle in two and a half hours. (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Tell you what, friend: when this is over you can take off your girdle and have yourself a real good cry. Say, uh, you got a dime to stop a revolution with? (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II) Gruesome isn't he? Fumbles at your head like a freshman pulling at a panty girdle. (Red Dragon; writing credit: Ted Tally)
Movie/TV Titles	Girdle of Gold (1952) Green Girdle (1941)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A girdle round about the earth : astronomical & geographical discovery, 1460-1630 : catalogue of an exhibition [held] 27th April-30th June, 1974 (reference) Early Development of the Shoulder Girdle and Sternum in Marsupials (reference) Girdle Round the Earth-Story of Cable and Wireless (reference) In blue silk girdle : stories from Malaysia and Singapore (reference) Radiographic Anatomy, Positioning and Procedures: Unit 5: Shoulder Girdle CD-ROM (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I let my shirt down to my waist, and drew up the bottom, fastening it like a girdle about my middle to hide my nakedness.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		These include several forms of limb girdle muscular dystrophy, named for the characteristic pattern of muscle weakness. (references)
		Developmental experts advise that prone positioning during the awake state is important for shoulder girdle motor development. (references)
		The first preliminary gene replacement trials for any form of muscular dystrophy have been designed by MDA for a form of limb girdle muscular dystrophy caused by a defect in a component of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Girdle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.22% of the time. "Girdle" is used about 90 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	92.22%	83	36,350
Noun (proper)	4.44%	4	175,879
Noun (common)	2.22%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.11%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	90	N/A

Expressions using "girdle": Girdle bone ♦ girdle distribution ♦ Girdle wheel ♦ Hip girdle ♦ panty girdle ♦ pectoral girdle ♦ pelvic girdle ♦ sea girdle ♦ shoulder girdle ♦ To have under the girdle ♦ Venus's girdle ♦ wheel girdle. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "girdle": girdle-cakes, girdle-line.
	Ending with "girdle": contour-girdle, pantie-girdle, panty-girdle, shoulder-girdle, Slack-ma-girdle.
	Containing "girdle": limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "girdle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		gordel (belt, zone). (various references)

Albanian		rrip (band, bandeau, belt, cincture, cleat, leash, riband, ribbon, slat, spline, strap, streak, strip, tape, thong, trace, waist belt), rrethojë (hurdle, pale, paling, palisade, pen), rrethoj (begird, beleaguer, beset, besiege, border on, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close in, close on, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, engirdle, entwine, envelop, environ, fence in, flank, fold, gird, hedge in, hem, inclose, invest, lap, leaguer, pocket, rail, rim, ring, round up, span, surround, wreathe), korse (corselet, corset, pantie, pantie-girdle, waist), brez (band, belt, cincture, descent, generation, remove, sash, scarf, streak). (various references)

Arabic		‏حزام (band, belly-band, belt, girth, sash, strap, waistband, webbing, zone), ‏حز (cut, invest, nick, notch, snick, tap), ‏حدث حلقة, ‏تحزم, ‏طوق (band, be hemmed in, belt, besiege, cincture, circle, circumvent, clip, collar, compass, corral, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, entrench, envelop, fret, gird, hedge, hem, hoop, impale, inclose, include, invest, outflank, ring, round, strap, surround, take off, zone), ‏الطوق, ‏أحاط (begird, border on, bound, circuit, edge, encircle, frame, hill, rim, ring, sphere). (various references)

Bulgarian		скоба (brace, bracing, bracket, clamp, clinch, clip, corbel, dog nail, holdfast, hoop, loop, rim, shackle, staple, tie, yoke), колан (belt, cinch, cincture, waist belt), опасвам (crop, engird, engirdle, gird, graze down), заобикалям (beat, begird, beset, bridge, bypass, circumambulate, circumnavigate, circumvent, compass, double, elude, encircle, environ, evade, get round, gird, leapfrog, make a detour, pass round, round, short circuit, sidestep, skirt, stretch, surround, work round), ластичен колан с жартиери, пръстен около стъблото на дърво, препасвам, пояс (belt, cincture, sash, waistband, zone). (various references)

Catalan		cinturó (belt). (various references)

Chinese		束腰 , 抹 (brassiere, play, Siam, to plaster, to smear), 帶 (and, area, band, belt, bring, carry, consists of, lead, region, ribbon, show, wear, zone). (various references)

Czech		pás (band, belt, strip, waist, waistline), opasek (waist, waist belt, waistband). (various references)

Danish		bælte (belt, zone). (various references)

Dutch		riem (belt, oar, obstetrical strap, strap, tie, zone), gordel (belt, camelback, crown, lug base ring, restraint, restraint system, safety belt, seat belt, tread rubber, zone), ceintuur (belt, zone). (various references)

Esperanto		zono (belt, zone). (various references)

Farsi		کمربند (Belt, Fascia, Sash, Waist, Waistline, Zone), کمر (Crag, Loin, Meddle, Waistline), کرست (Corset), حلقه ای بریدن , حلقه (Chain, Curl, Earring, Gird, Hank, Hoop, Loop, Ran, Ring, Segment, Vortex, Whorl, Wicket, Wisp), احاطه کردن (Beset, Box, Circle, Circuit, Corral, Encircle, Encompass, Envelop, Hedge, Hem, Hoop, Impale, Orb, Pale, Ring, Skirt, Sphere). (various references)

Finnish		vyö (belt, sash, waist-band). (various references)

French		ceinture. (various references)

Frisian		gurdle (belt, zone), mulbân (belt, zone). (various references)

German		gürtel (belt, belts, cordon, girdles, tie), gurt (belt, chord, girder, girth, grit, soldier, strap, stud, webbing). (various references)

Greek		κορσέσ (corset, stays), στρογγυλό ταψί (griddle), περίζωμα (fender, fender belting, plinth, plinty, rubbing bands, rubbing piece, rubbing strake, rubbing strip, skirting, skirting-board, tire), ζώνω (belt, gird, girth), ζώνη (area, baldrick, band, belt, cincture, cordon, ribbed band, ribbing, safety belt, sash, seat belt, shingles, truss, waistband, zone). (various references)

Hebrew		מזיח (belt), מחוך קל, לכתר (besiege, encircle, engirdle, surround), ל�"תאזר (gird oneself), ל�"קיף (circuit, embrace, encircle, encompass, engirdle, gird, pale, ring, round, span, surround, take in), אזור (area, belt, district, girded, region, tract, zone), ח�'ור�" (belt, girth), ח�'ור (bandolier, belt, belted, girded, personal equipment), אב� ט (belt, sash), סי� ור (apron, pinafore), ס� ר (apron, pinafore). (various references)

Hungarian		öv (belt, cincture, zone), sütőlap (sheet), koszorú (crowning, roller ring, rope, wreath), fűző (bodice, corset, lace, stays, string, suspender girdle), csípőszorító (corset belt, suspender girdle), övzsinór, övezet (belt, resort, zone). (various references)

Indonesian		korset (corset). (various references)

Irish		beilt (belt). (various references)

Italian		cintura (belt, binder, cincture, safety belt, seat belt, waistband, zone). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		腰帯 (waist towel), ガーター編み (African daisy, Gacrux, garbage, garbology, garden, garden party, garden smoker, garlic, garnet, garter stitch, gaucho, gaucho hat, gaucho look, gaucho pants, gauss, Gaussian, Geiger counter, gerbera, girder bridge, girl, girl friend, girl hunt, Girl Scouts, gown, guard, guard bunker, guard cable, guardian, guardrail, guidance, guide number, guidebook, guideline, guidepost, guile, guy, security guard, spirit, tour guide). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"しおび (waist towel), ガードル . (various references)

Manx		cur tarragh er, cur cryss er (band, belt), cryss tarragh. (various references)

Norwegian		belte (belt). (various references)

Papiamen		faha (belt, zone). (various references)

Pig Latin		irdlegay

Portuguese		cintura (belt, cincture, middle, waist, waistline), cinta (bail clamp, bandage, bandage dressing, belt, brace, cincture, corset, cross strap, hoop, middle, newspaper wrapper, ring, sash, strap, truss, waist, waistband, waistline, wrapper, zone). (various references)

Romanian		ghenã, portjartier, curea (belt, lanyard, leash, leather, sling, strap, thong), corset (corset, foundation garment, stay, stays), cordon (belt, cord, cordon, rim, strap, string), colan (gorget), cingãtoare (Baldric, belt), centurã (belt, cincture, flange, waist lock), burtierã, brâu (band, belt, cincture, girth, list, streak, strip, waist, waistband, zone), îngrãdi (bar, close, enclose, hedge, like, pale, protect, rail in, ring, surround, swaddle, wall), înconjura (beset, besiege, by pass, circumambulate, close, compass, embosom, encircle, enclose, encompass, engirdle, ensphere, environ, flank, gird, go, go round, hem, hoop, pale, parclose, rim, round, shut in, surround, wreathe), încinge (begin, engirt, enlace, gird, glow, orb, parboil, seize, zone), închide (bar, block, bolt, cage, chest, clap up, clasp, clench, close, closet, comprise, confine, contain, crib, darken, embay, enclose, fasten, furl, half-shut, heal, hem, impound, imprison, include, lock, occlude, seal, shut, shut down, shut in, shut the works down, stopper). (various references)

Russian		пояс (belt, cincture, corset, garrter belt, girth, waistband, zone). (various references)

Scottish		crios (a belt, belt, girth). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		potpasati, pojas (belt, sash, waist, waistband, zone), opasač (sword belt, waist belt). (various references)

Spanish		pretina (belt, leather strap, waistband, welt), cinturón (belt, girth, sword-belt, waistband), cinto (belt, cincture). (various references)

Sranan		sinta (belt). (various references)

Swedish		gördel (belt, cincture, girth, zone), bälte (belt, cincture, fire service belt, zone), omge (begird, circle, compass, embed, embrace, encase, encircle, encircled, enclose, encompass, environ, imbed, incase, inclose, surround, wreathe). (various references)

Tagalog		sinturón (belt). (various references)

Thai		ผ้ารั�"เอว. (various references)

Turkish		kemer (arch, archway, band, belt, cincture, cove, cummerbund, fascia, strap, vaulting, waistband, zone). (various references)

Turkmen		bilguюak (belt, sash). (various references)

Ukranian		талія (middle, waist, waistline), оточувати (bank, beleaguer, beset, besiege, box, circle, compass, cordon, embosom, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enlace, environ, gird, girth, hang about, hem about, hem in, inclose, mob, palisade, ring, skirt, surround, zone), обойма (cage, shackle), підперізувати (begirdle, belt, gird), пояс (cincture, cummerbund, girth, sash, waist belt, waistband, zone), пасок (cummerbund, waist belt, zone). (various references)

Vietnamese		bị ai chi phối, bị ai điều khiển. (various references)

Welsh		gwregysu (gird), gwregys (belt, truss, zone). (various references)

Yucatec		k'axab nak' (belt). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Akkadian	3000 BCE-Modern	gadaru. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	ala, balteus, cingulo, cingulum, copula, Cordylidae, fascia, limbus, zona. (various references)
Spanish	900-Modern	cincha. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Mark Chapter 1, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Hn de iwannhV endedumenoV tricaV kamhlou kai zwnhn dermatinhn peri thn osfun autou kai esqiwn akridaV kai meli agrion
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et erat Iohannes vestitus pilis cameli et zona pellicia circa lumbos eius et lucustas et mel silvestre edebat
Old English	990	West Saxon	And Iohannes wæs ge-scryd mid olfendeshære. & fellen gyrdel wæs embe his lendene.& garstapen & wude hunig he æt.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And Joon was clothid with heeris of camels, and a girdil of skyn was about hise leendis; and he ete hony soukis, and wilde hony, and prechide,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Iohn was clothed with cammylles heer and with a gerdyll of a skyn a bout hys loynes. And he dyd eate locustes and wylde hony
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And John was clothed with camels hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Mark Chapter 1, Verse 6
Cebuano	Ug kini si Juan nagsul-ob ug bisti nga balhibo sa kamelyo ug may bakus nga panit diha sa iyang hawak, ug ang iyang kan-onon dulon oug dugos sa kagulangan.
Croatian	Ivan bijaše odjeven u devinu dlaku, s kožnatim pojasom oko bokova; hranio se skakavcima i divljim medom.
Danish	Og Johannes var klædt i Kamelhår og havde et Læderbælte om sin Lænd og spiste Græshopper og vild Honning.
Dutch	En Johannes was gekleed met kemelshaar, en met een lederen gordel om zijn lenden, en at sprinkhanen en wilde honig.
Finnish	Ja Johanneksella oli puku kamelinkarvoista ja vyötäisillään nahkavyö; ja hän söi heinäsirkkoja ja metsähunajaa.
French	Jean avait un vêtement de poils de chameau, et une ceinture de cuir autour des reins. Il se nourrissait de sauterelles et de miel sauvage.
Gaelic	Agus bha Eoin air eideadh le fionnadh chamhal, is crios leathair mu mheadhon; agus dh` ith e locuist is mil fhiadhaich. Agus shearmonaich e ag radh:
German	Johannes aber war bekleidet mit Kamelhaaren und mit einem ledernen Gürtel um seine Lenden, und aß Heuschrecken und wilden Honig;
Haitian Creole	Jan te mete yon rad pwal chamo sou li, ak yon sentiwon an po mare nan ren li. Se krikèt ak gato myèl li te jwenn nan bwa li te manje.
Hungarian	János pedig teveszõrruhát és dereka körül bõrövet viselt vala, és sáskát és erdei mézet eszik vala.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Yohanes memakai pakaian dari bulu unta. Ikat pinggangnya dari kulit, dan makanannya belalang dan madu hutan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka pakaian Yahya daripada bulu unta dan ikat pinggangnya daripada kulit, maka makanannya belalang dan air madu hutan.
Italian	Giovanni era vestito di peli di cammello, con una cintura di pelle attorno ai fianchi, si cibava di locuste e miele selvatico
Maori	Na ko te kakahu o Hoani he huruhuru kamera, he hiako hoki te whitiki o tona hope; ko tana kai he mawhitiwhiti he honi koraha.
Norwegian	Og Johannes hadde klædning av kamelhår, og lærbelte om sin lend, og hans mat var gresshopper og vill honning.
Portuguese	Ora, João usava uma veste de pêlos de camelo, e um cinto de couro em torno de seus lombos, e comia gafanhotos e mel silvestre.
Rumanian	Ioan era kmbrqcat cu o hainq de pqr de cqmilq, wi kmprejurul mijlocului era kncins cu un brku de curea. El se hrqnea cu lqcuste wi miere sqlbaticq.
Shuar	Juansha kamiriu ure najantramun entsauyayi. Emenmamkesha nuapeyayi. Tura chinijiai yutai-Títikriatsnasha yuuyayi.
Spanish	Juan estaba vestido de pelo de camello y con un cinto de cuero a la cintura, y comía langostas y miel silvestre.
Swahili	Yohane alikuwa amevaa vazi lililofumwa kwa manyoya ya ngamia, na mkanda wa ngozi kiunoni mwake. Chakula chake kilikuwa nzige na asali ya mwituni.
Swedish	Och Johannes hade kläder av kamelhår och bar en lädergördel om sina länder och levde av gräshoppor och vildhonung.
Uma	Pohea-na Yohanes rababehi ngkai wulu porewua to rahanga' unta. Salepe' -na ngkai kuliba. Koni' -na lari pai' ue wani.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "girdle": girdled, girdler, girdlers, girdles. (additional references)
	Words ending with "girdle": begirdle, engirdle. (additional references)
	Words containing "girdle": begirdled, begirdles, engirdled, engirdles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Girdle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gardie, Gardoe, Gardyloo, Garrle, gedaleh, geddle, Gerde, Giardello, Gidlow, Girdley, girla, Girle, girleen, girtle, goerdeler, gordie, gridle, griole, grizle, guddle, Gundle, irdle, Nirdel, pirdle. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "girdle" (pronounced ger"dul)
4	-er" d u l	hurdle.
3	-d u l	addle, alkaloidal, antipodal, astraddle, backpedal, beadle, Bedell, befuddle, bindle, Boodle, bridal, bridle, Brindle, bundle, caboodle, candle, caudal, caudle, Coddle, colloidal, cradle, cuddle, dawdle, Doodle, dwindle, feudal, fiddle, fondle, genocidal, handle, homicidal, huddle, idle, idol, idyll, intermodal, intertidal, kindle, ladle, manhandle, medal, meddle, middle, minoxidil, mishandle, modal, model, mollycoddle, muddle, needle, noodle, paddle, panhandle, pedal, peddle, Piddle, poodle, puddle, pyramidal, rekindle, remodel, rhizoidal, riddle, Ruddle, Rundle, saddle, sandal, scandal, Seidel, sidle, spindle, straddle, suicidal, supermodel, swindle, tidal, toddle, trundle, twaddle, Tweedle, twiddle, unbundle, vandal, Waddle, Wedel, widdle, Windle, yodel.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: gilder, glider, regild, ridgel.
	Words within the letters "d-e-g-i-l-r"
	-1 letter: dirge, gelid, glide, gride, idler, liger, ridge, riled.
	-2 letters: deil, deli, diel, dire, dirl, dreg, geld, gied, gild, gird, girl, gled, grid, idle, ired, lied, lier, lire, ride, riel, rile.
	-3 letters: del, die, dig, eld, erg, ged, gel, gid, gie, ire, led, leg, lei, lid, lie, red, reg, rei, rid, rig.
	-4 letters: de, ed.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-g-i-l-r"
	+1 letter: gilders, girdled, girdler, girdles, gladier, glaired, gliders, gloried, godlier, griddle, grilled, guilder, ledgier, regilds, ridgels, wergild.
	+2 letters: begirdle, dialoger, dirgeful, divulger, dragline, engirdle, fledgier, girdlers, gladlier, goodlier, greedily, griddled, griddles, grillade, grizzled, guilders, indulger, lingered, overgild, reddling, reedling, regilded, sludgier, weregild, wergilds, wriggled.
	+3 letters: begirdled, begirdles, declaring, delighter, deploring, derailing, dialogers, dirgelike, dirigible, divulgers, draglines, driveling, engirdled, engirdles, engrailed, filagreed, filigreed, flybridge, galleried, garlicked, girandole, glimmered, glissader, glistered, glittered, glorified, glyceride, gondolier, grillades, heralding, indulgers, laddering, lifeguard, ligatured, lightered, moldering, overgilds, preluding, realigned, redialing, redlining, reedlings, refolding, regicidal, regilding, relending, relighted, reloading, remolding, rewelding, ridgeline, ridgeling, ridgepole, soldering, treadling, treddling, underling, ungodlier, weregilds, wildering.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 69 72 64 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--. .. .-. -.. .-.. .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01101001 01110010 01100100 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#105 &#114 &#100 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0069 0072 0064 006C 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
girdle	1,706	girdle nylons	34
girdle queen	448	womens girdle	32
girdle queens	350	photo of woman in stocking and girdle	32
pantie girdle	164	woman girdle	32
girdle picture	114	girdle pic	32
girdle for man	95	maternity girdle	32
open bottom girdle	92	girdle zona	30
girdle in woman	70	girdle wearing woman	28
girdle and more	69	girdle girl in	26
vintage girdle	63	picture of woman in girdle	25
corset girdle	55	playtex girdle	24
gallery girdle	51	girdle sex	23
girdle photo	47	rubber girdle	22
girdle fetish	46	girdle picture wearing woman	21
stocking girdle	44	girdle man wearing	21
girdle girl	43	girdle padded	20
girdle in man	42	limb girdle muscular dystrophy	19
bound girdle	42	lady girdle	19
girdle zone	38	girdle tight	18
sexy girdle	37	girdle garter	18
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Girdle

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Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

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