transitive. To fasten, tighten, or fix on with a cord, string, etc.; to fasten the lace of. Chiefly spec.: to fasten or tighten (an item of…

To secure (clothing, armour, etc.) on the person by means of a girdle; also to gird on, to gird up.

transitive. To gird on (a weapon); to fasten on (armour, a shield, etc.) with a belt. Also with on.

transitive. To fasten (a garment) with buttons; to secure or close by means of a button or buttons. Often with up.

transitive. To tie with a garter. Also with on, up.

transitive. To lace (a garment). Obsolete.

transitive. To fasten or lace (an item of clothing) with tagged points or laces; to fit or adorn with such points. Obsolete.

spec. To tie the ‘points’ or laces with which the hose were fastened to the doublet. (With the hose, the points, or the person as object.) Cf. 6. Obs…

transitive. With up. Also intransitive: to fasten the laces of one's shoes, boots, etc.

transitive. To close or secure (a garment, bag, etc.) by means of a tie, belt, clasp, buttons, or other fastening; to close or secure something…

To confine or enclose (the body, or some part of it) by something fastened closely round; to bind or tie up; to gird; to fasten up (the hair) with…

transferred. To fasten together or connect in various ways, as to harness a horse or chariot (obsolete), to fasten parts of dress (poetic), to…

transitive. To lace up with staylaces.

To fasten with sandals (sandal, n.1 3).

Senses relating to zip fasteners. transitive. With in, into: to enclose or cover (someone or something) in an item of clothing, a bag, etc., by…

transitive. To fasten the clothes of (a person) by means of a zip; to enclose (a person) in a sleeping bag or other item by pulling up the zip.

transitive. To fasten the clothes of (a person) by means of a zip; to enclose (a person) in something by closing it with a zip; to zip (a person) into…