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girdings

girdings is the plural of girding.

Meaning of girding

Noun

girding (plural girdings)

  1. A binding or encircling.
    • Bossuet thus beautifully addresses the Saviour of the world, when the girdings of his childhood were first untied […]1823, Charles Butler, A continuation of the Rev. Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints to the Present Time, page 23

Questions about girdings

What is girdings the plural of?
Girdings is the plural of girding.

Words near girdings in the dictionary

  1. girdest
  2. girdeth
  3. girding
  4. girding one's loins
  5. girding up one's loins
  6. girdings
  7. girdite
  8. girdle
  9. Girdle Ness
  10. girdle scone
  11. girdle scones

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