1. That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.] Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. Chapman.
2. The lap. [R.] There fell a flower into her girdlestead. Swinburne.
GIRE
Gire, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Gyre.
GIRKIN
Gir"kin, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Gherkin.
GIRL Girl, n. Etym: [OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. gör child.]
1. A young person of either sex; a child. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.
3. A female servant; a maidservant. [U. S.]