girdle

An additional planking over the wales or bends. Also, a frapping for girding a ship.

← gird, to × girt →

Girdle
·noun The zodiac; also, the equator. II. Girdle ·noun A thin bed or stratum of stone. III. Girdle ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Girdle
1) Heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
girdle
around iron plate for baking. Northumb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Girdle
an essential article of dress in the East, and worn by both men and women. The common girdle was mad...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
to girdle a tree
In America, to make a circular incision, like a belt, through the bark and alburnum of a tree to kil...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.