bib vs girdle

bib

noun
  • The upper part of an apron or overalls. 

  • A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race. 

  • A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat. 

  • A bibb (bibcock). 

  • Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem. 

  • An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating. 

  • A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities. 

  • Shorts which are held up by suspenders. 

  • A north Atlantic fish (Trisopterus luscus), allied to the cod. 

verb
  • To dress (somebody) in a bib. 

  • To beep (e.g. a car horn). 

girdle

noun
  • A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery. 

  • The clitellum of an earthworm. 

  • The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. 

  • A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape. 

  • That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference 

  • The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree. 

  • The zodiac; also, the equator. 

  • A thin bed or stratum of stone. 

verb
  • To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means. 

  • To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark. 

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