[ˈɡəːdl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a belt or cord worn round the waist
(e.g: her waist was defined by a gold chain girdle)

- a woman's elasticated corset extending from waist to thigh
(e.g: she wears corsets and girdles, tight and uncomfortable)

- the part of a cut gem dividing the crown from the base and embraced by the setting

- a ring made around a tree by removing bark


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English gyrdel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gordel and German Gürtel, also to gird and girth

[ˈɡəːdl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- encircle (the body) with a girdle
(e.g: the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist)

- cut through the bark all the way round (a tree or branch), typically in order to kill it or to kill a branch to make the tree more fruitful
(e.g: sometimes the trees were completely girdled and died)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English gyrdel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gordel and German Gürtel, also to gird and girth

[ˈɡəːdl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food; a griddle


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: variant of griddle