noun, masculine/ʒi.ʁɔ̃/plural: girons
lap (of a person); bosom, fold; gyron; tread, run (of a step)
“L'étau se resserre autour du Haut-Karabakh, que Bakou entend ramener dans son giron” — The net is tightening around Nagorno-Karabakh, which Baku intends to bring back into its fold.
From Old French gerun, from Old Frankish *gēro (compare Old High German gēro, Middle Dutch ghere). Unrelated to Italian girone.