Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Girdler

Girdler , noun

1.
One who girdles.
2.
A maker of girdles.
3.
(Zoology) 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 larva.