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What does it mean to dream about girdle?

To dream of wearing a girdle, and it presses you, denotes that you will be influenced by designing people. To see others wearing velvet, or jeweled girdles, foretells that you will strive for wealth more than honor.

The full entry for “Girdle”

To dream of wearing a girdle, and it presses you, denotes that you will be influenced by designing people. To see others wearing velvet, or jeweled girdles, foretells that you will strive for wealth more than honor. For a woman to receive one, signifies that honors will be conferred upon her.

— Gustavus Hindman Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; or, What's in a Dream (1901). Public domain.

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What does it mean to dream about girdle?

To dream of wearing a girdle, and it presses you, denotes that you will be influenced by designing people. To see others wearing velvet, or jeweled girdles, foretells that you will strive for wealth more than honor.

Where does this dream meaning come from?

From Gustavus Hindman Miller's Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; or, What's in a Dream (1901), a public-domain dream dictionary. The passage above is quoted verbatim; Dreamlore shows the same text, checked word-for-word against the source, when it reads a dream about girdle.

Dreamlore and this dictionary are for reflection and curiosity. Miller wrote in 1901 and his entries read as omens; take them as a starting point for thinking about your own dream, not as prediction or advice.