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.
A restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat and fastened around occupants in order to keep them in place and decelerate them smoothly rather than suddenly in an accident, mitigating the risk of injury from uncontrolled impact with injurious objects.