Girdle
Crossword Clue & Answers

7 August 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Easy Crossword

We found 11 answers for the crossword clue 'Girdle', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Girdle a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Girdle as an answer itself some 45 times.

Girdle is a single word clue made up of 6 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Easy Crossword' on Thursday, 05 August 2021 with the answer being BELT, we also found BELT to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 5 Aug 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 28 Dec 2020

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Girdle', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Girdle' and give you a hint.

• A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
• Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
• A woman's close-fitting foundation garment
• Put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"
• An encircling or ringlike structure

Anagrams

We found 4 anagrams for the word 'Girdle'.

• gilder Someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt
• glider Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
• regild
• ridgel A colt with undescended testicles

Crossword Answers

4 Letters

BELT
The act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"

GIRD
Bind with something round or circular

SASH
A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

5 Letters

STAYS
A woman's close-fitting foundation garment

6 Letters

CORSET
A woman's close-fitting foundation garment

DEADEN
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

7 Letters

GRIDDLE
Cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked

8 Letters

CINCTURE
A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

ENCIRCLE
Bind with something round or circular

9 Letters

WAISTBAND
A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

10 Letters

WAISTCLOTH
A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers