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.
had girdled
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past perfectof girdle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A lifelong yachtsman who had girdled the world under canvas, he once sailed his yacht Aloha to Gibraltar from Sandy Hook in 16 days.
From Time Magazine Archive
The larger trees he had girdled and killed, in order that their foliage should not cast a shade.
From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by William James
Even as she sat there in her pink and white frailty she knew and nursed the secret for which he had girdled the world.
From Never-Fail Blake by Arthur Stringer
After they had girdled the infected trees again the Ranger shouldered his ax and, abandoning the tracks of the wheels, started straight for headquarters.
From The Boy With the U. S. Foresters by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
He had girdled himself about with perils, agonies of mind, innumerable fears, for this!
From Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
