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• The decorative material used as waisting also served as a girdle for her midlife expansion.From the entry waisting
• Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, is also known as an athlete's girdle or Adonis belt.From the entry iliac furrow
• The sticharion, which is held by the zone, or girdle, corresponds to the alb.1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition. From the entry sticharion
• And girdles, pantie-belts, even things that look very much like corsets.1977, Angela Carter, “Year of the Punk”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 150. From the entry panty-belt
• In the giant chiton, Cryptochiton, this girdle has expanded so as to completely cover the plates.1969, Sam Hinton, chapter I, in Seashore Life of Southern California, page 72. From the entry chiton
• The chief's daughter wears a brat and léine girdled with a criss.1961, Audrey I. Barfoot, Everyday costume in Britain: from the earliest times to 1900, page 80. From the entry brat
• Now I know better." An all-in-one girdle is a lifesaver for women like Miss B.1941, “Fashion”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 112, page 52. From the entry top-heavy
• The latest proposal is to girdle the globe in three months in a flying machine.1914 February 28, Henry Woodhouse, “Girdling the Globe by Motor-Driven Aircraft”, in Collier's, volume 52, number 24, page 13. From the entry globe
• Two retro Madonnabes in black bras and lace panty girdles walked by, snapping their gum and playing with their costume-jewelry necklaces.2007, Richard B. Schwartz, Proof of Purchase (A Jack Grant Mystery), Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, →ISBN, page 124. From the entry Madonnabe
• Oval, strongly pigmented cells with a gonyaulax-like girdle displacement.2003, Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology, page 409. From the entry gonyaulax
• We presume that they made at least brief ventures onto land because of their dactylous limbs and modified limb girdles.2001, Karel F. Liem, Warren Franklin Walker, Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates, page 79. From the entry dactylous
• Inviolably inviolate body unassailably confined within a wall of stone ("leda, lada, aflutter afraida, so does your girdle grow!").1991, Ailbhe Smyth, “The Floozie in the Jacuzzi”, in Feminist Studies, volume 17, number 1. From the entry unassailably
• All went unshaven, and many had long, filthy elf-locks hanging about their faces, and ragged beards reaching to their girdles.1904, Stanley J. Weyman, “XII. The Peasants' Camp”, in The Abbess of Vlaye. From the entry elflock
• Her hair shone like the sun to the girdle she had on, And the robe that she wore was of green.1901, Anna Hempstead Branch, The heart of the road. From the entry shoon
• A fun backbend, Flip Dog opens your chest and strengthens your shoulder girdle, working the opposite direction of how you use your shoulders while climbing.2016, Nicole Tsong, Yoga for Climbers: How to Stretch, Strengthen and Climb Higher. From the entry flip dog
• The SAUROPODOMORPHA pelvic girdle is propubic and brachyiliac in the shape of the iliac blade (as opposed to the dolichoiliac condition of Theropoda).1997, Philip J. Currie, Kevin Padian, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. From the entry dolichoiliac
• The only way to really tell the difference between a bird-hipped and lizard-hipped dinosaur is to examine their pelvis, or hip girdle.1990, Teri Degler, Everything Your Kids Wanted to Know About Dinosaurs but Were Afraid to Ask, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer…. From the entry bird-hipped
• This year's new Falcon, equipped with a fliptop lid-like tongue, uses the same buckle girdles, but they are made of polyurethane instead of steel.1981, Ski, volume 46, number 1, page 100. From the entry fliptop
• Gl. oculatum is easily distinguished from these by the fact that it bears no spines and by the median rather than inframedian girdle.1950, Theodor Karl Just, Lloydia - Volume 13, page 295. From the entry inframedian
• The girdle, pomander, rings, pendant, tiara, and jeweled fur piece are excellent examples of the various kinds of ornament which prevailed during this century.1940, Katherine Morris Lester, Bess Viola Oerke, “Perfume”, in An Illustrated History of Those Frills and Furbelows of Fashion which have…. From the entry pomander
• Still more Actinopterygian is the skeleton of the pelvic fin; here only four bony radials are preserved, separately articulating with the pelvic girdle.1909, Edwin Stephen Goodrich, edited by Ray Lankester, A Treatise on Zoology: Part IX: Vertebrata Craniata: (First Fascicle: Cyclostomes…. From the entry actinopterygian
• Underneath was a broad girdle of heavy leather and metal plates, from which hung thigh guards and a kind of braconniere, a kilt of chain mail.2018, Philip Nowlan, The Prince of Mars Returns, Jovian Press, →ISBN. From the entry braconniere
• Complete girdle was not observed, although valvocopulae have been observed and show the presence of a single row of relatively large pores (Fig 10c ) similar to T.2015 October 15, “New Insights into Plagiogrammaceae (Bacillariophyta) Based on Multigene Phylogenies and Morphological Characteristics…. From the entry valvocopulae
• Myogelosis is a common diagnosis in the case of chronic pain conditions, especially in the region of the pectoral girdle musculature, the glutei muscles, and the erector spinae muscle.1999 July 1, A. Windisch, A. Reitinger, H. Traxler, H. Radner, C. Neumayer, W. Feigl, W. Firbas, “Morphology and Histochemistry of…. From the entry myogelosis
• The khalat was held in place with a girdle; among the upper classes, the richness of the buckle gave a clue to the rank of the wearer.1966, Elizabeth E. Bacon, Central Asians Under Russian Rule, Cornell, published 1980, page 63. From the entry khalat
• Already some years ago it was pointed out that the skeleton of the pelvic fin and girdle of Polypterus is much more actinopterygian than crossopterygian in structure.1908, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Annual Meeting, volume 77, page 546. From the entry actinopterygian

Meaning of girdle

1. noun That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
2. noun A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
3. noun A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape.

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How do you use girdle in a sentence?

Girdle is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The decorative material used as waisting also served as a girdle for her midlife expansion.”

What is a short sentence with girdle?

“the girdle of the world”

What does girdle mean?

Girdle means that which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.