girth
(gûrth)
(gûrth)n.
1. The distance around something; the circumference.
2. Size; bulk:a person of large girth.
3. A strap encircling an animal's body in order to secure a load or saddle on its back; a cinch.
tr.v.girthed, girth•ing, girths
1. To measure the circumference of.
2. To encircle.
3. To secure with a girth.
[Middle Englishgerth, girth strap, fromOld Norsegjördh, girdle; see gher-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
girth- totemistic
- totem pole
- toter
- to the bone
- to the contrary
- to the death
- to the effect that
- to the fore
- to the gills
- to the good
- to the hilt
- to the letter
- to the manner born
- to the nines
- to the point
- tother
- t'other
- to the teeth
- to the tune of
- totipalmate
- totipalmation
- totipotency
- totipotent
- totsiens
- totter