girt /gûrt/

1. The past participle of gird¹in all senses
2. (of a ship) moored so taut by her cables to two oppositely placed anchors as to be prevented from swinging to the wind or tide

1. To gird
2. To girth

To girth

gird¹ /gûrd/

1. To bind round
2. To secure by a belt or girdle
3. To encompass
4. To surround
5. To clothe, furnish

girdˈer noun

1. A large beam, simple or built up, of wood, iron or steel, to take a lateral stress, eg to support a floor, wall, or the roadway of a bridge
2. A strip of strengthening tissue (botany)

girdˈing noun

That which girds

girder bridge noun

A bridge whose load is sustained by girders resting on supports

gird oneself

1. To tuck up loose garments under the girdle (so as to be better able to run or act quickly)
2. To brace the mind for any trial or effort
3. See also loin

gird² /gûrd/ (Scot and N Eng dialect)

To gibe, jeer (with at)

To taunt

1. A blow, stroke (obsolete)
2. A taunt, dig or gibe (archaic)

girth¹ /gûrth/

1. The belly-band of a saddle
2. A circumferential measure of thickness

1. To put a girth on
2. To measure the girth of
3. To encircle (archaic)

To measure in girth

—Also (now obs or dialect as n, rare as v) girt

girthˈline or girtˈline noun (nautical)

A gantline

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