verb
- past tense and past participle of engirdle; to encircle or surround with or as if with a belt or band
Usage: literary or formal; often used in poetic or descriptive contexts
Examples
- The ancient city was engirdled by massive stone walls.
- Mountains engirdled the valley on all sides.
- She engirdled her waist with a decorative sash.
- The fortress was engirdled by a deep moat.
- Vines engirdled the old oak tree.
- The river engirdled the island, creating a natural barrier.