1828 15 Nov. 133/1 He should be tossed awhile upon the treacherous sea—stranded upon some rock-girded shore.
1859 E. Cook (new ed.) 301 The rock-girded ocean.
1990 (Nexis) 23 Mar. e1 At great falls,..the river changes character dramatically. From there to Theodore Roosevelt Island it flows within a series of narrow, rock-girded channels.