That gems the starry girdle of the year.

Thomas Campbell (1777-1844): Pleasures of Hope. Part ii. Line 194.

I 'll put a girdle round about the earth

In forty minutes.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act ii. Sc. 1.

To put a girdle round about the world.

George Chapman (1557-1634): Bussy D'Ambois. Act i. Sc. 1.