begird /bi-gûrdˈ/ (archaic or poetic)

1. To gird or bind with a girdle
2. To surround or encompass

• half-arsed
• halfas
• half-a-sovereign
• half-assed
• halfback
• halfbacks
• half-baked
• half-ball
• half-balls
• half-baptise
• half-baptize
• half-baptized
• half-baptizes
• half-baptizing
• halfbeak
• halfbeaks
• half-binding
• half-blood
• half-blooded
• half-bloods
• half-blue
• half-blues
• half board
• half boards
• half-boot