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† breechgirdle Obs.
Forms: 3 (?), 4 brei gurdel, 4–5 braygirdle, brechgerdel, -gerdle, breek girdille, breggurdel, -dle, bre-, brei-, brigirdel, -dil, brygurdel, 5 braygurdylle, brekgyrdylle, brygyrdyll, breke-girdul, brigirdele, brekegyrdyl, bregyrdyle, 5–6 brekegyrdle, 6 breache gyrdle.
[Corresp. to an OE. type *brécgyrdil, whence ME. Kentish brechgerdel, north. brekgyrdyl: the latter became by assimilation (cf. blackguard) breggirdel, bregirdel.]
A girdle or belt worn round the loins; a belt to keep up the breeches.
a1300O.E. Misc. 193 Ȝif him ne schal..his brei gurdel quakie. 1340Ayenb. 205 Þe writinge zayþ þet Ieremies brechgerdel rotede bezide þe wetere. 1388Wyclif Jer. xiii. 4 Take the brigirdil..which is aboute thi leendis. c1400Mandeville v. 49 Trees, that ben non hyere than a Mannes breek Girdille. 1440Promp. Parv. 51/1 Brygyrdyll, lumbare, renale. a1500Gloss in Wr.-Wülcker 629 Perysoma, braygurdylle. 1552Huloet, Breache gyrdle, lumbare. |