- Girdlestead
- Girdlestead Gir"dle*stead, n. [Girdle + stead place.]
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1. That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.]
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Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
2. The lap. [R.] [1913 Webster]
There fell a flower into her girdlestead. --Swinburne. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.