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girdlestead
girdlestead Obs. exc. arch. (ˈgɜːd(ə)lˌstɛd) [f. as prec. + stead n.] That part of the body round which the girdle passes; the waist.c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 5216 Þat at þe girdel stede it stode. ? 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 826 Hise shuldris of a large brede, And smalish in the girdilstede. c 1420 Lydg. As... Oxford English Dictionary
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girt
▪ I. girt, n. (gɜːt) [var. girth n.1, in use chiefly in the 17th and 18th c.] 1. A saddle-girth; = girth n.1 1. Obs. exc. dial.1563 Fulke Meteors (1571) 30 b, Her horse laye dead with his bridle and girtes vntied. a 1616 Beaum. & Fl. Wit without M. ii. v, Ile give um leave to cut my girts, and flay ... Oxford English Dictionary
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