'Girdlestead' definitions:

Definition of 'Girdlestead'

From: GCIDE
  • Girdlestead \Gir"dle*stead\, n. [Girdle + stead place.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The lap. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • There fell a flower into her girdlestead. --Swinburne. [1913 Webster]