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Girdle vs Circlet - What's the difference?

girdle | circlet | Synonyms |

Girdle is a synonym of circlet.


As nouns the difference between girdle and circlet

is that girdle is that which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference while circlet is a small circle.

As a verb girdle

is to gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.

girdle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
  • * Shakespeare
    • within the girdle of these walls
  • A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
  • * Bible, Revelations xv. 6
    • their breasts girded with golden girdles
  • The zodiac; also, the equator.
  • * Campbell
    • that gems the starry girdle of the year
  • * Cowper
    • from the world's girdle to the frozen pole
    (Francis Bacon)
  • The line of greatest circumference of a diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
    • (Knight)
  • (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
    • (Raymond)
  • The clitellum of an earthworm.
  • (Scottish, Northern English)

    • Verb

    (girdl)
  • To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
  • To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

    • Anagrams

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    circlet

    English

    (wikipedia circlet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small circle.
  • A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head
  • A crown without arches or a covering.
  • * Spenser
    • Her fair locks in circlet be enrolled.
  • A round body; an orb.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • * Milton
    • Fairest of stars that crown'st the smiling morn / With thy bright circlet .
  • (UK, dialect) A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.
    • (Halliwell)