girdle
noun
a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
girdled
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past participleof girdle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof girdle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
girdlenouna lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
Example Sentences
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Shellfish was another popular commodity in a city girdled by oyster beds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
As long as a tree is not girdled — cut entirely around its circumference, severing all the vascular tissue — it will continue to live.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
Temujin girdled his sworn friend Jamukha with the golden belt taken as loot from Toqto’a of the Merkit.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Individual ash can also be girdled to make a so-called trap tree: the bark is removed all the way around the trunk, drawing borers in the vicinity with the promise of exposed sapwood.
From The Verge ● Nov. 25, 2019
She seemed like a fair bird-girl girdled in veils calling to me from the angry surface of some gray and threatening sea.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
