| Some insignia, such as hats, necklaces, belts, and girdles, are worn daily. |
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| Thus, selection will necessarily favor a rigid body and limb girdles that act, as much as possible, by exerting force on the vertebral column. |
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| These animals also have relatively large shoulder girdles, possibly to provide muscle attachment to support the weight of the huge head. |
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| The pectoral and pelvic girdles were also greatly expanded ventrally, although the dorsal parts of the girdles were reduced. |
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| First, the limb girdles are elaborated ventrally but reduced dorsolaterally. |
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| Thus, we may model the shoulder and hip girdles of plesiosaurs as if they were broad, flat bony plates with limb joints on opposite edges. |
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| Because of the shell, the pectoral and pelvic girdles are uniquely located within the ribcage. |
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| We were flipping bannocks and oatcakes on girdles centuries before sun-dried-tomato ciabatta was invented. |
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| The trade winds from both hemispheres converge towards the doldrums and a zone of low pressure, the equatorial trough, that girdles the earth. |
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| Such gems could be woven into important clothing, on belts and girdles, mounted as jewellery, or just collected for their own sake. |
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| While it is not necessary to get into the myological detail, they do effectively make the point that the girdles were large and well-muscled. |
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| Myomeres closest to the girdles are slightly different in shape and muscle fiber angle, but all of the intervening myomeres are nearly identical. |
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| But then again, she wore girdles and kept monogrammed hankies and Devonshire toffees in her handbag. |
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| In contrast to frogs, caecilians have a radically elongated vertebral column, no limbs or girdles, and relatively elaborate hypaxial musculature. |
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| He was a Renaissance man of the Victorian era who had made his fortune through the manufacture of leather girdles, horse collars, or some such thing. |
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| It is tempting to hypothesize that because the limb girdles display positive allometry, the protractor and retractor muscles attached to them did as well. |
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| And now Spanx and pushup bras have returned us to the days when the proportions of girdles are back in style. |
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| The increasing popularity of miniskirts, tights and trousers for women... led to the demise of the suspender belt and the growth in demand for bras and pantie girdles. |
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| The bones of the pectoral and pelvic girdles formed broad plates on the underside of the body to where the limbs and powerful swimming muscles were attached. |
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| The men wore gold chains, pendants, girdles, and finger rings. |
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| Others must rely on foam-padded bras and girdles to create womanly curves. |
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| I shall wear my girdle at home as girdles are socially unacceptable. |
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| Permanent examples of anticyclones exist in the subtropics, where a belt of anticyclones girdles the world at latitudes between about 20 and 40 degrees. |
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| Beginning about 1934, pantie girdles constituted a staple in the lines of many manufacturers. |
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| The water deer has narrow pectoral and pelvic girdles, long legs, and a long, graceful neck. |
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| Erinaceus europaeus has a generalised body structure with unspecialised limb girdles. |
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| Six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdles, hangers, and so. |
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| Iconic 1950s lingerie styles included sweater girl conical bras, French knickers, slinky teddies, shaping corselettes and suspender girdles. |
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| Infection and death of the phloem effectively girdles the tree and stops the flow of water and nutrients. |
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