girdle

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

gir·dle (gûrʹdl)brilliant-cut gemstonePrecision Graphicsn.
1.
a. A belt or sash worn around the waist.
b. Something that encircles like a belt.
c. An elasticized, flexible undergarment worn over the waist and hips, especially by women, to give the body a more slender appearance.
2. A band made around the trunk of a tree by the removal of a strip of bark.
3. The edge of a cut gem held by the setting.
4. Anatomy. The pelvic or pectoral girdle.tr.v. gir·dled, gir·dling, gir·dles
1. To encircle with or as if with a belt. See Synonyms at surround.
2. To circle around:
a ring of hills that girdled the city.
3. To remove a band of bark and cambium from the circumference of (a tree), usually in order to kill it. [Middle English girdel, from Old English gyrdel. See gher-¹ in Indo-European Roots.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  corset, stays, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth, gird, deaden