• (n.) That part of the body where the girdle is worn. • (n.) The lap.
Gir'dle·stead noun [ Girdle + stead place.] 1. That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [ Obsolete] « Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead .» Chapman. 2. The lap. [ R.] « There fell a flower into her girdlestead .»