girdler
Origin of girdler
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How to use girdler in a sentence
The entrance to the 37western was at first in the middle bay but this was blocked when the Girdlers' Chapel was built.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Churches of Coventry | Frederic W. WoodhouseFor instance, the association of loriners, united girdlers, and the bowyers.
Over the Ocean | Curtis GuildGirdlers were prohibited from garnishing girdles with stones or metal "q' de laton, baterie, feer, et asser."
The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII | Nicholas Harris NicolasLower down is the Girdlers hall, and this is all touching the east side of this ward.
The Survey of London | John StowBut here are the girdlers and there the plasterers, the stucco-workers, and the goldsmiths, and even the sand-blasters are here!
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete | Martin Anderson Nexo
British Dictionary definitions for girdler
/ (ˈɡɜːdlə) /
a person or thing that girdles
a maker of girdles
any insect, such as the twig girdler, that bores circular grooves around the stems or twigs in which it lays its eggs
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