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girdlestead

/ˈɡɜː(ɹ)dəlˌstɛd/

girdlestead noun: that part of the body where the girdle is worn, i.e. the waist.

Noun

girdlestead (plural girdlesteads)

  1. (obsolete) That part of the body where the girdle is worn, i.e. the waist.
    • [D]iuide your ſelfe in two halfes, iuſt by the girdleſtead; […]1605 August (first performance), Geo[rge] Chapman, Ben Ionson, Ioh[n] Marston, Eastward Hoe. […], London: […] [George Eld] for William Aspley, published September 1605, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii...
    • [T]he Lance his target tooke, / Which could not interrupt the blow, that through it cleerly ſtrooke, / And in his bellies rimme was ſheath’d, beneath his girdle-ſtead; […][1611?], Homer, “The Fifth Booke of Homers Iliads”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC, page 74

Forms of girdlestead

pluralgirdlesteads

Origin of girdlestead

From girdle + stead.

Questions about girdlestead

What does girdlestead mean?
Girdlestead means that part of the body where the girdle is worn, i.e. the waist.
What part of speech is girdlestead?
Girdlestead is a noun.
How do you pronounce girdlestead?
Girdlestead is pronounced /ˈɡɜː(ɹ)dəlˌstɛd/.
What is the plural of girdlestead?
The plural of girdlestead is girdlesteads.

Words near girdlestead in the dictionary

  1. girdled
  2. girdlelike
  3. girdler
  4. girdlers
  5. girdles
  6. girdlestead
  7. girdlesteads
  8. girdling
  9. Girdner
  10. Girdners
  11. girds

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