girdle
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GIRDLE, s. a circular plate of malleable iron with a handle, for toasting oaten bread, etc., over a fire.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander
THE GIRDLE, used to confine the Alb at the waist, is emblematic of the work of the Lord, to perform which the sacred ministers gird up, as it were, their loins.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
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