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/ˈɡɜː(ɹ)dəlˌstɛd/ · noun
(obsolete) That part of the body where the girdle is worn, i.e. the waist..
[D]iuide your ſelfe in two halfes, iuſt by the girdleſtead; […]
[T]he Lance his target tooke, / Which could not interrupt the blow, that through it cleerly ſtrooke, / And in his bellies rimme was ſheath’d, beneath his girdle-ſtead; […]
[T]hey have made me swell above the girdle-stead.
Use girdlestead when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Girdlestead means (obsolete) That part of the body where the girdle is worn, i.e. the waist..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[D]iuide your ſelfe in two halfes, iuſt by the girdleſtead; […]
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