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

grith /grith/ or girth /girth/ (historical)

Sanctuary, asylum

grithˈ-stool noun

A seat in which a fugitive was in sanctuary

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