girdle

«girdle» in Mova's school dictionary: a belt or band worn round the waist, especially in old tales — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (girdles); verb (girdle, girdles, girdled, girdling)

meaning for a pupil

1) A girdle is a belt or band worn round the waist, especially in old tales. tree →

2) (verb) To girdle is to put a band round something or to surround it, as in «girdled blanket». tree →

3) A girdle-cake is a flat cake cooked on a hot iron plate, a Scottish word. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a girdle is a sash or belt that holds a cloak or dress in place; a girdled blanket is one tied round with a band; in cooking «girdle-cakes» are flat cakes made on a griddle

examples

• She tied a red girdle round her waist. tree →
• Underneath his girdled blanket he hid the stolen gold. tree →
• Her mother made girdle-cakes for tea. tree →
• The old queen wore a jewelled girdle at the feast. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• the aprons, and the mantelets, and the cloaks, and the girdles;
• And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
• Overflow thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish! there is no girdle any more.
• So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it upon my loins.
• Let it be unto him as the garment which he putteth on, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «girdle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.