succinct

Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse.

Encircled as if by a girdle; girded.

Prawn up, or held up, by or as by a girdle or band; passed through the girdle, as a loose garment the folds of which are so retained; hence, unimpeded.

Compressed into a small compass, especially into few words; characterized by verbal brevity; short; brief; concise; terse.

In entomology, girdled, as a lepidopterous pupa; having the character of those chrysalids which are supported by a silken thread around the middle. See cut b under Papilionidæ.