1850 Sept. 31 How was it that such glorious mountain ranges,..such broad, hard and ocean-girdled beaches and islets, had been so completely hidden from their eyes?
a1964 O. Williams (1971) Where ocean-girdled worlds swim, and grandeured hills Grasp dumbly at nothingness eternally.
1991 K. K. Dyson tr. R. Tagore 90 How I have craved to get a firm grip on your ocean-girdled waist.