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Raregirdles
The correct spelling is girdles.
How to pronounce girdles
noun
Say it like: Jir-dle-s
The correct spelling is girdles. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
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Meanings
noun
- 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.
- 4.The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
- 5.A thin bed or stratum of stone.
verb
- 1.To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
- 2.To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
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