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breast-girdle

breast-girdle noun: a band or girdle worn around the breasts, serving as a form of brassiere in Mediaeval times.

Noun

breast-girdle (plural breast-girdles)

  1. (historical) A band or girdle worn around the breasts, serving as a form of brassiere in Mediaeval times.
    Synonyms:
    strophium

breast-girdle meaning in Tamil

breast-girdle in Tamil

மார்பு எலும்பு வளையம்

Synonyms of breast-girdle

Forms of breast-girdle

pluralbreast-girdles
alternative formbreast girdle
alternative formbreastgirdle

Origin of breast-girdle

From Middle English brest girdil, equivalent to breast + girdle. Compare English breastband, breaststrap.

Questions about breast-girdle

What does breast-girdle mean?
Breast-girdle means a band or girdle worn around the breasts, serving as a form of brassiere in Mediaeval times.
What is breast-girdle in Tamil?
Breast-girdle in Tamil is மார்பு எலும்பு வளையம். See Breast-girdle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is breast-girdle?
Breast-girdle is a noun.
What is the plural of breast-girdle?
The plural of breast-girdle is breast-girdles.

Words near breast-girdle in the dictionary

  1. breast-beatings
  2. breast-fed
  3. breast-feed
  4. breast-feeding
  5. breast-feeds
  6. breast-girdle
  7. breast-girdles
  8. breast-girth
  9. breast-girths
  10. breast-strap
  11. breast-straps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: breast-girdle (page history and authors); breast-girdle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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