Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To gird.
- intransitive verb To secure with a girth.
- intransitive verb To measure the girth of.
- intransitive verb To measure in girth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To measure or have a girth of: as, the tree girts eight feet.
- To measure by a girding-line.
- noun Preterit and past participle of gird.
- noun An obsolete preterit and past participle of gird.
- noun A beam; a small girder; a crosspiece in a frame.
- Nautical, having her cables so taut, as a vessel when moored, as to prevent her from swinging to the wind or tide.
- In entomology, same as
braced , 2. - Same as
gird . - noun Same as
girth .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
girth . - adjective (Naut.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.
- imp. & p. p. of
gird . - transitive verb To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
gird . - noun A
horizontal structural member of post and beamarchitecture , typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts. - verb To
gird . - verb To
bind horizontally , as with abelt orgirdle . - verb To measure the girth of.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Variant of gird.]
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See gird
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Alteration of girth ("belt, circumference, brace")
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From Middle English girten ("gird, encircle")
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yarb commented on the word girt
Citation on neatherd.
June 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word girt
With golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea.
-- Advance Australia Fair
July 23, 2008
bilby commented on the word girt
Thus girt without and garrisoned at home,
Day patient following day,
Old Charleston looks from roof and spire and dome,
Across her tranquil bay.
- Henry Timrod, 'Charleston'.
September 14, 2009