Sash vs. Girdle

Sashnoun

A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.

Girdlenoun

That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference

Sashnoun

A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.

Girdlenoun

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.

Sashnoun

The opening part (casement) of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.

Girdlenoun

The zodiac; also, the equator.

Sashnoun

A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.

Girdlenoun

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

Sashnoun

In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.

Girdlenoun

(mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.

Sashverb

(transitive) To adorn with a sash.

Girdlenoun

The clitellum of an earthworm.

Sashverb

(transitive) To furnish with a sash.

Girdleverb

(transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.

Sashnoun

A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, - worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.

Girdleverb

(transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

Sashnoun

The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.

Girdlenoun

A griddle.

Sashnoun

In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; - also called gate.

Girdlenoun

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.

‘Within the girdle of these walls.’; ‘Their breasts girded with golden girdles.’;

Sashverb

To adorn with a sash or scarf.

Girdlenoun

The zodiac; also, the equator.

‘From the world's girdle to the frozen pole.’; ‘That gems the starry girdle of the year.’;

Sashverb

To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.

Girdlenoun

The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.

Sashnoun

a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame

Girdlenoun

A thin bed or stratum of stone.

Sashnoun

a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

Girdlenoun

The clitellus of an earthworm.

Sash

A sash is a large and usually colorful ribbon or band of material worn around the body, draping from one shoulder to the opposing hip, or else running around the waist. The sash around the waist may be worn in daily attire, but the sash from shoulder to hip is worn on ceremonial occasions only.

Girdleverb

To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.

Girdleverb

To inclose; to environ; to shut in.

‘Those sleeping stones,That as a waist doth girdle you about.’;

Girdleverb

To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.

Girdlenoun

an encircling or ringlike structure

Girdlenoun

a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

Girdlenoun

a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

Girdleverb

cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients;

‘girdle the plant’;

Girdleverb

put a girdle on or around;

‘gird your loins’;

Girdlenoun

a belt or cord worn round the waist

‘her waist was defined by a gold chain girdle’;

Girdlenoun

a thing that encircles something like a girdle

‘a communications girdle around the world’;

Girdlenoun

either of two sets of bones encircling the body, to which the limbs are attached.

Girdlenoun

a woman's elasticated corset extending from waist to thigh

‘she wears corsets and girdles, tight and uncomfortable’;

Girdlenoun

the part of a cut gem dividing the crown from the base and embraced by the setting.

Girdlenoun

a ring made around a tree by removing bark.

Girdlenoun

a heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food; a griddle.

Girdleverb

encircle (the body) with a girdle

‘the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist’;

Girdleverb

surround; encircle

‘the chain of volcanoes which girdles the Pacific’;

Girdleverb

cut through the bark all the way round (a tree or branch), typically in order to kill it or to kill a branch to make the tree more fruitful

‘sometimes the trees were completely girdled and died’;

Girdle

A belt, especially if a cord or rope, is called a girdle if it is worn as part of Christian liturgical vestments, or in certain historical, literary or sports contexts. Girdles are used to close a cassock in Christian denominations, including the Anglican Communion, Catholic Church, Methodist Church and Lutheran Church.