Girdle

Noun

 * 1) That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
 * 2) A belt; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
 * 3) The zodiac; also, the equator.
 * 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.

Verb

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

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