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单词 girdlestead
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girdlesteadn.

/ˈɡəːd(ə)lˌstɛd/
Etymology: < girdle n.1 + stead n.
Obsolete exc. archaic.
a. That part of the body round which the girdle passes; the waist.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [noun] > middle of trunk or waist
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rondelc1300
girdlesteadc1330
waistc1386
belt steadc1540
girding-place1601
midriff1823
beltline1892
midsection1956
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 5216 Þat at þe girdel stede it stode.
?1366 Romaunt Rose 826 Hise shuldris of a large brede, And smalish in the girdilstede.
c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 340 Aboute hym, in hys gyrdyll stede, hyng fysshes many a score.
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Evi Some [clokes] short, scarsely reachinge to the gyrdlestead, or wast.
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures ix. 29 We walked a whole day along by the Isle of Sumatra, in the ouze up to the girdle-stead.
1696 J. Aubrey Misc. (1721) 94 An Antient Man..having a long and broad white Beard, hanging down to his Girdle Steed.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 57 One gleaming lock of gold..Fell far below her girdlestead.
b. Used for ‘lap’.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > lap > [noun]
greadec897
barmc950
lapc1300
alvary1595
girdlestead1882
1882 A. C. Swinburne Tristram of Lyonesse vi. 51 There fell a flower into her girdlestead Which laughing she shook out.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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