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breast-girdle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
breast---gir-dle
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A band or girdle worn around the breasts, serving as a form of brassiere in Mediaeval times.

Etymology

From Middle English brest girdil, equivalent to breast + girdle. Compare English breastband, breaststrap.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

breast-girdles (plural) breast girdle (alternative) breastgirdle (alternative)

Synonyms

strophium

Questions

What does breast-girdle mean?
A band or girdle worn around the breasts, serving as a form of brassiere in Mediaeval times.
Where does breast-girdle come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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