girdlestead

/ˈɡɜː(ɹ)dəlˌstɛd/

Etymology

From girdle + stead.

girdlestead means that part of the body where the girdle is worn, i.e. the waist. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

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; […]”