1 a piece of women's underwear that fits closely around the body from the waist to the THIGH, designed to make a woman look thinner
2 (literary) a thing that surrounds sth else:
carefully tended lawns set in a girdle of trees
3 (old-fashioned) a belt or thick string fastened around the waist to keep clothes in position
verb [VN] (literary) to surround sth:
A chain of volcanoes girdles the Pacific.
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In this entry, girdle is tagged as noun.
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