n. [ Girdle + stead place. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The lap. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
There fell a flower into her girdlestead. Swinburne. [ 1913 Webster ]