Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Girdle
I’ll put a girdle round about the earth
In forty minutes.
Shakespeare.—Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II. Scene 2. (Puck to Oberon.)
To put a girdle round about the world.
George Chapman.—Bussy D’Ambois, Act I. Massinger.—The Maid of Honour, Act I. Scene 1.