girdle

Definitions

• That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
• 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.
• The zodiac; also, the equator.
• The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
• (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
• The clitellum of an earthworm.
• The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.