See also:

• GIRDLE (O. Eng. gyrdel, from gyrdan, to gird; cf. Ger. Gurtel, Dutch gordel, from giirten and gorden; "gird" and its doublet " girth " together with the other Teutonic cognates have been referred by some to the root ghar—to seize, enclose, seen in Gr. )(s

GIRDLE (O. Eng. gyrdel, from gyrdan, to gird; cf. Ger. Gurtel, Dutch gordel, from giirten and gorden; "gird" and its doublet " girth " together with the other See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic cognates have been referred by some to the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root ghar—to seize, enclose, seen in Gr. )(s  ip, See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, See also:

• LAT

Lat. hortus, See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden, and also See also:

• ENGLISH

English yard, garden, See also:

• GARTH, SIR SAMUEL (1661-1719)

garth, &c.), a See also:

• BAND

band of See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather or other material worn See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• WAIST

waist, either to confine the loose and flowing See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• ROBES (Fr. robe, Late Lat. roba, raupa, meaning (1)

robes so as to allow freedom of See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, or to fasten and support the garments of the wearer . Among the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans it was used to confine the tunica, and it formed See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress of the soldier; when a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man quitted military service he was said, It is of See also:

• INTEREST

interest to See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note that Freta was the old name for the See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint Remy, and that it is See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the site of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient town of Glanum, the name of which is possibly preserved in Garin de Monglane, the ancestor of the heroes of the See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle of See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume d'See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange . 47 cingulum deponere, to See also:

• LAY

lay aside the See also:

• GIRDLE (O. Eng. gyrdel, from gyrdan, to gird; cf. Ger. Gurtel, Dutch gordel, from giirten and gorden; "gird" and its doublet " girth " together with the other Teutonic cognates have been referred by some to the root ghar—to seize, enclose, seen in Gr. )(s

girdle . See also:

• MONEY

Money being carried in the girdle, zonam perdere signified to lose one's See also:

• PURSE (Late Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. pusa, bag, has influenced the change from b to p)

purse, and, among the Greeks, to cut the girdle was to rob a man of his money . Girdles and girdle-buckles are not often found in Gallo-See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

graves, but in the graves of See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks and Burgundians they are constantly See also:

• PRESENT

present, often ornamented with bosses of See also:

• SILVER

silver or See also:

• BRONZE

bronze, chased or inlaid . Sidonius See also:

• APOLLINARIS
• APOLLINARIS, SULPICIUS

Apollinaris speaks of the Franks as belted round the waist, and See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory of See also:

• TOURS

Tours in the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century says that a See also:

• DAGGER

dagger was carried in the Frankish girdle . In the Anglo-Saxon dress the girdle makes an unimportant figure, and the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman knights, as a See also:

• RULE

rule, wore their belts under their hauberks . After the See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest, however, the artificers gave more See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to a piece whose See also:

• BUCKLE, HENRY THOMAS (1821–1862)

buckle and See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue invited the See also:

• WORK

work of the See also:

• GOLDSMITH
• GOLDSMITH, LEWIS (c. 1763–1846)
• GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728–1774)

goldsmith . Girdles of varying richness are seen on most of the western See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• EFFIGIES, MONUMENTAL

effigies . That of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Berengaria lets the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• PENDANT (through Fr. from Lat. pendere, to hang)

pendant hang below the See also:

• KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word common to Indo-European languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo, Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu)

knee, following a See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion which frequently reappears . In the latter part of the 13th century the See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight's surcoat is girdled with a narrow See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord at the waist, while the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt, which had become the See also:

• PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

pride of the well-equipped See also:

• CAVALIER
• CAVALIER, JEAN (1681-1740)

cavalier, loops across the hips carrying the heavy See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword aslant over the thighs or somewhat to the See also:

• LEFT

left of the wearer . But it is in the second See also:

• HALF

half of the following century that the knightly belt takes its most splendid See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form .

Under the See also:

• YEAR

year 1356 the continuator of the See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle of Nangis notes that the increase of jewelled belts had mightily enhanced the See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price of pearls . The belt is then worn, as a rule, girdling the hips at some distance below the waist, being probably supported by hooks as is the belt of a See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry soldier . The end of the belt, after being See also:

• DRAWN

drawn through the buckle, is knotted or caught up after the fashion of the tang of the Garter . The waist girdle either disappears from sight or as a narrow and ornamented strap is worn diagonally to help in the support of the belt . A See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of beautiful See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament covers the whole belt, commonly seen as an unbroken See also:

• LINE

line of bosses enriched with curiously worked roundels or lozenges which, when the loose strap-end is abandoned, meet in a splendid See also:

• MORSE, SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE (1791—1872)

morse or clasp on which the enameller and jeweller had wrought their best . About 1420 this fashion tends to disappear, the loose tabards worn over See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour in the jousting-yard hindering its display . The belt never regains its importance as an ornament, and, at the beginning of the 16th century, sword and dagger are sometimes seen See also:

• HANGING

hanging at the knight's sides without visible support . In See also:

• CIVIL

civil dress the magnificent belt of the 14th century is worn by men of See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank over the hips of the tight See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-skirted coat, and in that century and in the 15th and 16th there are sumptuary See also:

• LAWS

laws to check the extravagance of See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich girdles worn by men and See also:

• WOMEN

women whose humble station made them unseemly . Even priests must be rebuked for their silver girdles with baselards hanging from them . Purses, daggers, keys, penners and inkhorns, beads and even books, dangled from girdles in the 15th and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 16th centuries . Afterwards the girdle goes on as a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere strap for holding up the clothing or as a sword-belt . At the Restoration men contrasted the fashion of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, a See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• RAPIER

rapier hung from a broad See also:

• SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder-belt, with the fashion of the countryside, where a heavy weapon was supported by a narrow waistbelt .

Soon afterwards both fashions disappeared . Sword-hangers were concealed by the skirt, and the belt, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save in certain military and sporting costumes, has no more been in sight in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Even as a support for breeches or See also:

• TROUSERS

trousers, the use of braces has gradually supplanted the girdle during the past century . In most of those parts of the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent—See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany, for example —where the peasantry maintains old fashions in clothing, the belt or girdle is still an important part of the clothing . See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian non-commissioned See also:

• OFFICERS

officers find that the Sicilian recruit's See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main objection to the first See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

bath of his See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time lies in the fact that he must lay down the cherished belt which carries his few valuables . With the Circassian the belt still buckles on an See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal of pistols and knives . See also:

• FOLKLORE

Folklore and ancient See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom are much concerned with the girdle . Bankrupts at one time put it off in open court; See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law refused courtesans the right to See also:

• WEAR

wear it; Saint Guthlac casts out devils by buckling his girdle round a possessed man; an See also:

• EARL

earl is " a belted earl " since the days when the putting on of a girdle was part of the ceremony of his creation; and See also:

• FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

fairy tales of half the nations See also:

• DEAL

deal with girdles which give invisibility to the wearer . (O .