Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
girdle
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Examples
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Be drest in pure virgyn garments fromme head to heel, and girt with a red girdel of pleached corde, and shodde in blue.
The Night Of the Solstice L.J. SMITH 2010
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Hwei _girdle_, hwen the old speli [n] woz _girdel_?
Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays 1861
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According to Janie’s book, the ‘girdel’ isn’t an eighteen-hour girdle, it’s just a belt.
The Night Of the Solstice L.J. SMITH 2010
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All right, but we still need the ‘red girdel of pleached corde,’ and the blue shoes—that’s what ‘shodde in blue’ means, you know.
The Night Of the Solstice L.J. SMITH 2010
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