girdler

American  

[gurd-ler] / ˈgɜrd lər /

noun

1. a person or thing that girdles.

2. any of several insects, as a beetle, Oncideres cingulata twig girdler, that cut a groove around the bark of a twig, stem, etc.

3. a person who makes girdles.

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girdler British  

/ ˈɡɜːdlə /

noun

1. a person or thing that girdles

2. a maker of girdles

3. any insect, such as the twig girdler, that bores circular grooves around the stems or twigs in which it lays its eggs

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Etymology

Origin of girdler

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at girdle, -er ¹

Example Sentences

With huge infusions of cash, he built it from a small southwestern carrier into a globe girdler.

From Time Magazine Archive

The twig girdler lays her eggs in the twigs of pear, pecan, apple, and other trees.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William

Then the girdler of the earth stirred up the Achaians that were in the rear and were renewing their strength beside the swift ships.

From The Iliad by Homer

The tree has been crippled by the twig girdler this year.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Order of Council to Renatus Edwards, girdler, to shut up his shop in Lombard Street, because he is not a goldsmith.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.