Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid. --
Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel. -- Sea girdle (Zoˆl.), a ctenophore.
See Venus's girdle, under Venus. -- Shoulder, Pectoral, ∧ Pelvic,
girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic. -- To have under the
girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection.
Gir"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girdled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Girdling
(?).] 1. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. Shak.