girding

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noun

A binding or encircling.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gird
noungirding (plural girdings)

plural girdings

  1. A binding or encircling.

    Bossuet thus beautifully addresses the Saviour of the world, when the girdings of his childhood were first untied […]

    1823, Charles Butler, A continuation of the Rev. Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints to the Present Time, page 23

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

girding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girding

MLA

“girding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “girding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girding.

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