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girdlesteads

girdlesteads is the plural of girdlestead.

Meaning of girdlestead

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...

Questions about girdlesteads

What is girdlesteads the plural of?
Girdlesteads is the plural of girdlestead.

Words near girdlesteads in the dictionary

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

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