Defn: A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
GIRDLE Gir"dle, n. Etym: [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. gürtel, Icel. gyr. See Gird, v. t., to encircle, and cf. Girth, n.]
1. That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus. Within the girdle of these walls. Shak. Their breasts girded with golden girdles. Rev. xv. 6.
2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] Bacon. From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. Cowper. That gems the starry girdle of the year. Campbell.
3. (Jewelry)
Defn: The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. Knight.
4. (Mining)
Defn: A thin bed or stratum of stone. Raymond.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The clitellus of an earthworm. Girdle bone (Anat.), the
sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid.
— Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel.
— Sea girdle (Zoöl.), a ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under
Venus.
— Shoulder, Pectoral, and Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See under
Pectoral, and Pelvic.
— To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in
subjection.