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Definition of Begirdling
1. begirdle [v] - See also: begirdle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Begirdling
Literary usage of Begirdling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"His checkered shirt was drenched with perspiration; a huge pair of breeches,
begirdling his loins by means of a leathern belt, covered his nether ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1898)
"1 And so they are all assembled about Prag, begirdling the poor City,—third Siege
it has stood within these three years (since that moonlight November night ..."
3. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"His checkered shirt was drenched with perspiration; a huge pair of breeches,
begirdling his loins by means of a ..."
4. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"... begirdling the poor City,—third Siege it has stood within these three years (since
that moonlight November-night in 1741);— and are only waiting for ..."
5. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"A Mansion fronting, we may sat, four ways ; for it is of quadrangular form, with
a ^' moat from the Lake begirdling it, and has a spacious four for interior ..."
6. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"A Mansion fronting, we may say, four ways ; for it is of quadrangular form, with
a wet moat from the Lake begirdling it, and has a spacious court for ..."
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