(transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means. / (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

(Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle

That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference / A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.

A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure. / One who girds; a satirist.

The pelvis.

plural of girder

A beam built of steel plates and shapes welded or bolted together to form a deep beam larger than could be produced by a rolling mill.

Cestum veneris, a comb jelly in the family Cestidae. / Synonym of belt of Venus (“atmospheric phenomenon”)

Girders generally; a structure or framework of girders.

A girder whose web consists of diagonal pieces arranged like latticework.