different between thong vs girdle

English

Etymology

From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang, þweng, þwæng (“thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”).

Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang (“thong”), Middle Low German dwenge (“clamp, jaws, steel-trap”), German Zwinge (“vise, clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?ng, IPA^(key): /???/

Noun

thong (plural thongs)

1. A strip of leather.
2. (usually in the plural, Australia, US) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
   • 1964, The Beach Boys, All Summer Long

     T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs (T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs).

   • 2006, Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, Contemporary Issues in Management and Organisational Behaviour, Thomson, page 108,

     Players turned up for questioning wearing thongs, shorts and T-shirts.

   • 2009, Charles Rawlings-Way, Sydney, Lonely Planet, page 126,

     You shouldn?t face condescension if you rock into a boutique in your thongs and a singlet, but neither will you be treated like a princess just because you?ve splashed $5000 on daddy?s credit card.

3. (Britain, US, New Zealand) An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.

   No! I won't buy you a thong. You're too young for that.

4. The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.

Synonyms

• (an item of footwear): see list in flip-flop
• (an undergarment or swimwear): G-string, butt floss

Translations

See also

• sandal

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Etymology

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Noun

thong

1. pillar

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)

1. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
2. 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.
3. 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

4. The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.

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5. (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
6. The clitellum of an earthworm.
7. 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)

1. (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
2. (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

girdle (plural girdles)

1. (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle

References

Anagrams

• Gilder, gilder, girled, glider, gridle, regild, ridgel