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.
To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
The strap or part of the harness so used.
The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)