engirdle

American  

[en-gur-dl] / ɛnˈgɜr dl /

verb (used with object)

engirdled, engirdling

1. to engird.

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Etymology

Origin of engirdle

First recorded in 1595–1605; en- ¹ + girdle

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Example Sentences

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engirdle engirdled engirdling

Why engirdle its waist in warmth and cordage, and expose its feet to every storm and frost, to mud and snow?

From Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. by George Sumner Weaver

The seas which engirdle this island," the Ambassador said thoughtfully, "have brought the English great weal, as they may bring to her much woe.

From The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

The cirri of one set, the anterior, extend forward about twice the length of the anterior half; those of the posterior set closely engirdle the lower half, reaching not quite to the posterior extremity.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins

Fair waist that curves beneath the heart I love, I shall engirdle you with priceless gems Won by my prowess for your perfect grace.

From Under King Constantine by Katrina Trask

A considerable portion of the abbey buildings that engirdle the summit of the rocky islet of Mont St. Michel belong to the Norman period, although much of the work is Gothic.

From France by Gordon Cochrane Home

Though engirdled now By heavenly hosts of saints and seraphim, I cannot fancy it.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Emma Lazarus

They have made no great mark in history, but their stout walls have time and again been engirdled by Scottish spears, and after such occasions there was not infrequently lamentation by Esk and Liddell.

From The Gold Trail by Harold Bindloss

The place was still engirdled by a ring of smouldering, glowing ashes, the heat from whose red caverns almost blinded us at first.

From The White Shield by Bertram Mitford

An hour's journey brought them to the bank of the river, which, dividing above it, engirdled the town, to reunite near the roadway that they followed.

From The People of the Mist by Henry Rider Haggard

But he climbed boldly on board when beckoned to, and we loaded him with gifts of pretty beads, and engirdled his loins with red cloth, then sent him grinning away.

From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables

The lovely hills, the engirdling sea, the sweet glow of evening—she saw it all again.

From A Mere Accident by George (George Augustus) Moore

Puck alone could quite have reached her standard with his engirdling of the earth in forty minutes.

From Elsie Inglis The Woman with the Torch by Lena Ashwell

It was a big comfortable place with engirdling balconies whence one looked upon the blossoming beauties of a May-time garden.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner

At 7 o'clock a curious silence fell suddenly on the battered city and the engirdling trenches.

From Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes by W. H. (William Henry) Fitchett

There was a halo about it, engirdling rich, flowing waves of reddish hair, the lights in which glowed like flame.

From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic

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