Crossword clues for girdler
girdler
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Girdler \Gir"dler\, n.
One who girdles.
A maker of girdles.
(Zo["o]l.) An American longicorn beetle ( Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larv[ae].
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A person who made girdles 2 Any of several insects that remove rings of bark for nest material
Wikipedia
Girdler is a surname of professional origin. Girdlers or belt makers were people who made metal belts worn around the waist and other small metal objects. It may refer to:
- Eddie Girdler, American politician and mayor of Somerset, Kentucky
- Nick Girdler, freelance radio broadcaster who worked for BBC Radio Solent for 35 years from 1972 to 2006
- Ryan Girdler (born 1972), Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s
- William Girdler (1947–1978), American filmmaker
Usage examples of "girdler".
A tall woman named Risalyn, a Girdler from the look of her, the tawny Highlands kind, who collected those spilled things carefully when the girl had gone, and claimed she would return them to the spirit wood from whence the girl had ostensibly stolen them.
A plains Girdler, perhaps, though his hair was too dark even for that, but hair could be dyed.
A man and a woman, both Highlands Girdlers from the look of them, the woman in Dindry Leng had said.
The Girdlers stood guard, though one was digging for something in a pouch.
Caille, and the Girdlers and Jiondor glanced over, their own conversation faltering.
These children and Girdlers were cursed with siblings to love, no choice in it, an accident of birth.
She had taken the firmest hand as tutor, with Louarn her prize pupil and the two Girdlers her challenge.
Her light-clad plains Girdlers did the same beside her, heedless of the downpour that battered the reeling ranks of shielders and Khinish.
As the Girdlers came up behind her, one creature enfolded her upper arms in its long hands and set her away almost gently.
Whatever these Girdlers were, fighters or healers, they had comrades on that field.
Kara fetch the Girdlers, and crossed the intervening threfts at a dead run.
A binder bound his triad the way Louarn had bound those children, the Girdlers, the bonefolk, the way he bound everyone in this chamber.
These misereres show the Seven Works of Mercy, and Tossie obediently went into the Girdlers Chapel to admire them, followed by the black marble altar tomb, assorted fan vaulting, and a monument with a particularly long and illegible inscription.