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girdlestead Obs. exc. arch.|ˈgɜːd(ə)lˌstɛd|
[f. as prec. + stead n.]
That part of the body round which the girdle passes; the waist.
c1330Arth. & Merl. 5216 Þat at þe girdel stede it stode. 1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 826 Hise shuldris of a large brede, And smalish in the girdilstede. c1420Lydg. Assemb. Gods 340 Aboute hym, in hys gyrdyll stede, hyng fysshes many a score. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1877) 60 Some [clokes] short, scarcely reaching to the gyrdle-stead, or wast. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. ix. 29 We walked a whole day along by the Isle of Sumatra, in the ouze up to the girdle-stead. 1696Aubrey Misc. (1721) 94 An Antient Man..having a long and broad white Beard, hanging down to his Girdle Steed. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 57 One gleaming lock of gold..Fell far below her girdlestead.
b. Used for ‘lap’.
1882Swinburne Tristr. of Lyonesse vi. 51 There fell a flower into her girdlestead Which laughing she shook out. |