... grasped by the setting — see brilliant illustration II. transitive verb (girdled; girdling) Date: 1582 1. to encircle with or as if ... circulation of water and nutrients 3. to move around ; circle < girdled the world > Oxford Reference Dictionary 1. n. & v. --n. 1 ... 1913 Dictionary Girdle Gir"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girdled; p. pr. & vb. n. Girdling.] 1. To bind with a ... that is, in subjection. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (girdles, girdling, girdled) A girdle is a piece of women's underwear that ...