- Encircle with a band - Foundation garment - Waistbelt - Woman's elastic corset - A griddle. - That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference;
a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body
usually at the waist; a cestus. - The zodiac; also, the equator.
- One who girdles. - A maker of girdles. - An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which
lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch
by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food
for the larvae.
- Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and
family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The
Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is
noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as
various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the
ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as
the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted
for killing the cobra. - Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, of
which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.