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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   That part of the body where the girdle is worn, i.e. the waist. obsolete

   "[D]iuide your ſelfe in two halfes, iuſt by the girdleſtead; […]"

Example

More examples

"[D]iuide your ſelfe in two halfes, iuſt by the girdleſtead; […]"

Etymology

From girdle + stead.

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