girt

Meaning

Noun

A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.

Verb

1. To gird.
2. To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
3. To measure the girth of.

Verb

simple past and past participle of gird

Adj

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.

Verb

to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.

Adj

Alternative spelling of gurt in the sense 'great'.

gird

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

girt 1

girt 2

girth

tape measure

measure tape

encircled

former riverbed

girder

girdled

Translations

einfassen

gegürtet

Umfang

δένω

bayou

bras mort

morta

cingere

pass. e p.p. di to gird

meten

cauce viejo

ثبّت

leja

Altarm

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɜːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: girten

Inherited from Middle English: girt

In summary

Alteration of girth (“belt, circumference, brace”).