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girdle noun

  /ˈɡɜːdl̩/ , /ˈɡɝdl̩/
  • A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
 vyö, sukkanauhavyö
  • That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
 kehä
  • The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
 reunus, uuma

girdle verb

  /ˈɡɜːdl̩/ , /ˈɡɝdl̩/
  • (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
 kaulata
  • (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
 piirittää, reunustaa, ympäröidä
shoulder girdle
hartiavyö
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