girdle

• n.ベルト；周囲；女性用コルセット
• vt.輪にする; 輪にする; 帯で縛る

gird「包む」「巻く」から。

girdle

girdle: English has two words girdle. The more familiar, ‘belt’ [OE], goes back, together with its relatives garth, gird [OE], and girth [14], to a prehistoric Germanic *gurd-, *gard-, *gerdwhich denoted ‘surrounding’. From *gurdcame the verb *gurthjan, which produced both gird and girdle (as well as relatives in other Germanic languages, such as German gürtel, Dutch gordel, and Swedish g?rdel, all meaning ‘belt’), while *gerd- formed the basis of *gerdō, acquired by English via Old Norse gjorth as girth. Girdle ‘metal baking plate’ [15] (as in girdle cake) is a Scottish alteration of griddle (see GRID).
=> garth, gird, girth

girdle (n.)

Old English gyrdel "belt, sash, cord drawn about the waist and fastened," worn by both men and women, common Germanic (cognates: Old Norse gyreill, Swedish g?rdel, Old Frisian gerdel, Dutch gordel, Old High German gurtil, German Gürtel "belt"), from the same source as Old English gyrdan "to gird" (see gird). Modern euphemistic sense of "elastic corset not extending above the waist" first recorded 1925. Originally a belt to secure the clothes, also for carrying a purse, a weapon, keys, etc.

girdle (v.)

"encircle with a girdle," 1580s, from girdle (n.). Meaning "to cut off a belt of bark around a trunk to kill a tree" is from 1660s, especially in North America. Related: Girdled; girdling.

1. carefully tended lawns set in a girdle of trees

木に囲まれ、丁寧に手入れされた芝生

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2.All the keys hang not at one man 's girdle .

鍵がすべて一人のベルトにかかっているとは限らない.

3.A good name is better than a golden girdle .

美名は金の帯に勝る。

4.He walked among the displaced contours of her pectoral girdle .

彼は彼女の胸部骨付き変形周線の間を歩いた。

5.This tissue is found mainly about the shoulder girdle .

この組織は主に肩甲帯の周りに見られる。