What is the meaning of Girdle?

That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference

A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.

A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape.

The zodiac; also, the equator.

The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.

A thin bed or stratum of stone.

The clitellum of an earthworm.

The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.

To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.

To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

Alternative form of griddle

Source: wiktionary.org