Assertion: girdle | /r/CapableOf | operate at first ends
Facets:
value: respectively
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the girdle comprises first 16 and second stiffening members 17, operating at the first ends 4a, 5a of the first and second pluralities of strips 4, 5 respectively, to fasten them in position when the respective end portions 2b, 3b of the first and second bands 2, 3 are in the folded-back position.