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noun Girdle n. 1.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." 2.The zodiac; also, the equator. (Poetic) "From the world's girdle to the frozen pole." "That gems the starry girdle of the year." 3.(Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. 4.(Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. 5.(Zool.) The clitellus of an earthworm. Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid. Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel. Sea girdle (Zool.), a ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under Venus. Shoulder girdle, Pectoral girdle, and Pelvic girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic. To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection.
adjective Pectoral adj. 1.Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles. 2.Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy. 3.(Zool.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper. Pectoral arch, or Pectoral girdle (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. Pectoral cross (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. Pectoral fins, or Pectorals (Zool.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. Pectoral rail. (Zool.) See Land rail (b) under Land. Pectoral sandpiper (Zool.), the jacksnipe (b).
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