the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > barrel or middle of horse > part of belly (3)
the part of a horse's belly in front of the girths.
(attributive in quots.) girting-place: (a) that part of a horse's body where the girth is worn; (b) that part of the trunk where a tree is girthed or…
transferred. That part of a horse's body where the girth is fastened.