Pronunciations
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/ˈɡɜː(ɹ)dəlˌstɛd/
Noun
That part of the body where the girdle is worn, i.e. the waist.
Usage- Obsolete
- Examples
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[D]iuide your ſelfe in two halfes, iuſt by the girdleſtead; […]
More examples (1)
[T]he Lance his target tooke, / Which could not interrupt the blow, that through it cleerly ſtrooke, / And in his bellies rimme was ſheath’d, beneath his girdle-ſtead; […]
[T]hey have made me swell above the girdle-stead.