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girdle
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???dl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????dl?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English girdel, gerdel, gurdel, from Old English gyrdel, from Proto-Germanic *gurdilaz (“girdle, belt”), equivalent to gird +? -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäddel (“belt”), West Frisian gurdle, gurle, gurl (“belt”), Dutch gordel (“belt”), German Gürtel (“belt”), Yiddish ??????? (gartl, “belt”) (whence English gartel), Swedish gördel (“girdle”), Icelandic gyrðill (“girdle”).
Noun
girdle (plural girdles)
- That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
- A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
- The zodiac; also, the equator.
- 1799, Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope
- that gems the starry girdle of the year
- 1782, William Cowper, Expostulation
- from the world's girdle to the frozen pole
- under the girdle of the world
- 1799, Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope
- The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
- The clitellum of an earthworm.
- The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.
Translations
Derived terms
- notch girdle
- peel girdle
Verb
girdle (third-person singular simple present girdles, present participle girdling, simple past and past participle girdled)
- (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
- (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
girdle (plural girdles)
- (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle
References
Anagrams
- Gilder, gilder, girled, glider, gridle, regild, ridgel
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ringlet
English
Etymology
From ring +? -let. Compare Middle English ryngyl, ryngyll, rengel (“ringlet”).
Noun
ringlet (plural ringlets)
- A small ring.
- A lock, tress.
- Her hair was in ringlets.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- She was both beautiful and young to their eyes. Her hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies with small rings on the wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as Aphantopus hyperantus.
Translations
Verb
ringlet (third-person singular simple present ringlets, present participle ringleting, simple past and past participle ringleted)
- (transitive) To form into ringlets.
- 1877, Ella Farman, Good-for-nothing Polly (page 163)
- "It's very becoming!" said Pollie coaxingly, taking his curly head, which she had been brushing and ringleting for the last half hour, all damp, into her arms.
- 1877, Ella Farman, Good-for-nothing Polly (page 163)
- (transitive) To surround or encircle like a ringlet.
- 1980, Stephen King, The Mist
- I think now that if it had gripped me with those suckers, I would have gone out into the mist too. But it didn't. It grabbed Norm. And the third tentacle ringleted his other ankle. Now he was being pulled away from me.
- 1980, Stephen King, The Mist
Anagrams
- Giltner, Tingler, tingler, tringle
German
Pronunciation
Verb
ringlet
- second-person plural subjunctive I of ringeln
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