girdle

A mannequin wearing a bra and a girdle (sense 3).

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

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

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