girdle

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
2. A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
3. A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape.
4. The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
5. A thin bed or stratum of stone.
6. The clitellum of an earthworm.
7. The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.

Verb

1. (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
2. (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

Concetti

cintura

fascetta

guaina

busto

cinto

cinta

fascia

cintola

pancera

corsetto

cinturone

fusciacca

panciera

fare cingere

fare fasciare

sinonimi

belt

sash

waistband

band

cincture

gird

zone

waist-band

strap

ribbon

🎀

corset

tape

waistcloth

stays

ring

💍

girth

tie

deaden

encircle

waist

buckle

string

🪢

surround

cummerbund

limit

outer clothing

press

press out

prise

ream

region

restraint

shingles

squeeze

squeeze out

strip

swaddle

swathe

thong

tire

truss

tunic

twine

twinge

twitch

wad

waist belt

webbing

wring

girdle bone

Traduzioni

Gürtel

ceinture

faja

gaine

cinturón

riem

Gurt

gordel

ceintuur

Hüfthalter

cinto

ζώνη

balteus

kemer

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɡɝdl̩/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: girdel

Ereditato da inglese antico: gyrdel

Affine saterfriesisch: Gäddel

Affine frisone occidentale: gurdle

Affine olandese: gordel

Affine tedesco: Gürtel

Affine yiddish: גאַרטל

Affine svedese: gördel

Affine islandese: gyrðill

In summary

From Middle English girdel, gerdel, gurdel, from Old English gyrdel, from Proto-West Germanic *gurdil, from Proto-Germanic *gurdilaz (“girdle, belt”), equivalent to gird + -le.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäddel (“belt”), West Frisian gurdle, gurle, gurl (“belt”), Dutch gordel (“belt”), German Gürtel (“belt”), Yiddish גאַרטל (gartl, “belt”) (whence gartel, a doublet of girdle), Swedish gördel (“girdle”), Icelandic gyrðill (“girdle”).