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girdled

girdled adjective: something that is surrounded by a structure. Also the simple past and past participle of girdle.

Adjective

girdled (comparative more girdled, superlative most girdled)

  1. something that is surrounded by a structure
    • Then the girdled hilt seiz'd he, the Wolf of the Scyldings, The rough and the sword-grim, and drew forth the ring-sword[…]1911, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris

Also used as

girdled is also the simple past and past participle of girdle.

Forms of girdled

comparativemore girdled
superlativemost girdled

Words formed from girdled

  • black-girdled barbet
  • Cape girdled lizard
  • false-girdled reefgoby
  • girdled reefgoby
  • ungirdled

Questions about girdled

What does girdled mean?
Girdled means something that is surrounded by a structure.
What part of speech is girdled?
Girdled is an adjective.

Words near girdled in the dictionary

  1. girdle scones
  2. girdle traverse
  3. girdle traverses
  4. girdlecake
  5. girdlecakes
  6. girdled
  7. girdlelike
  8. girdler
  9. girdlers
  10. girdles
  11. girdlestead

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