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Girdlestead
Gir′dle-stead
,Noun.
[
Girdle
+ stead
place.] 1.
That part of the body where the girdle is worn.
[Obs.]
Sheathed, beneath his
girdlestead
. Chapman.
2.
The lap.
[R.]
There fell a flower into her
girdlestead
. Swinburne.
Definition 2024
girdlestead
girdlestead
English
Noun
girdlestead (plural girdlesteads)
- (obsolete) That part of the body where the girdle is worn.
- Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. — Chapman.
- (obsolete) The lap.
- There fell a flower into her girdlestead. — Swinburne.