engirdle

[ en-gur-dl ]
/ ɛnˈgɜr dl /

verb (used with object), en·gir·dled, en·gir·dling.

to engird.

Origin of engirdle

First recorded in 1595–1605; en-1 + girdle

Example sentences from the Web for engirdle

  • Then I beheld, spread out before me, the greater part of Greece, together with the countless islands that engirdle it.

  • If it is left till then, one can only engirdle the whole thing with a soft tarred rope and sling it up somehow or anyhow.

    Wood and Garden |Gertrude Jekyll
  • If you choose, plant the foot of the ladder in a fiery test and engirdle each round with a forest of thorns.

    The Hindered Hand |Sutton E. Griggs
  • Why engirdle its waist in warmth and cordage, and expose its feet to every storm and frost, to mud and snow?