Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A girdle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A girdle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
girdle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The first poem in Marines is addressed to Durand, a poet carpenter, who introduces himself as "Enfant de la foret qui ceint Fontainebleau."
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The first poem in Marines is addressed to Durand, a poet carpenter, who introduces himself as "Enfant de la forêt qui ceint Fontainebleau."
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Durand, a poet carpenter, who introduces himself as "_Enfant de la foret qui ceint Fontainebleau_."
George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Ren�� Doumic 1898
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MON ILLUSTRE AMI, ” En associant votre grand nom au bien-faiteurs des Chretiens opprimes par le Gouvernement Turc, vous avez ajoute un bien precieux bijou a la couronne humanitaire qui ceint votre noble front.
Lady John Russell Ed 1910
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