Bible Dictionaries
Irdler

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A maker of girdles.

(2):

(n.) One who girdles.

(3):

(n.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Irdler'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/irdler.html. 1828.