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PREFERRED TERM
Girdle  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Old English "gyedel" "gerdell" "gyrdel" and Middle Dutch "gurdel", the Old High German "gurtil" "gurtila", etc. This term was lost in use from Middle English. It is a type of belt worn round the waist to secure the garment.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • «Art & Architecture Thesaurus (Getty Research Institute)». Accedido 20 de noviembre de 2018; http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/; Roberts A., Edward. A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words Based on Indo-European Roots. Bloomington: Xlibris, 2014; Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Ceinture

French

Cintura

Italian

cintino
Ceñidor

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/139
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