(gûr′dəl) noun
1. A belt used for girdinga loose garment about the waist; specifically, in ecclesiastical language, the narrow belt adorned with tassels, used to secure the alb; called also cincture.
2. Anything which encircles like a belt; especially, a woman's undergarment, more flexible and lighter than a corset, not coming above the waistline.
3. Obs. A small band or fillet encompassing a column.
4. Mining A thin sandstone stratum in a vein of coal.
5. Anat. The ringlike arrangement of bones, by which the limbs of a vertebrate animal are attached to the trunk.
6. The peripheral line of a cut gem, at which it is held in the setting.
7. An encircling cut through the bark of a branch or tree.
—v.t. gir·dled, gir·dling
1. To fasten a girdle or belt around.
2. To encircle; encompass.
3. To make an encircling cut through the bark of (a branch or tree). [OE gyrdel]

(gûr′dəl) noun Scot.
A griddle.