girt

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɡɜː(ɹ)t/, X-SAMPA: /g3:(r\)t/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Etymology 1

Alteration of girth (“belt, circumference, brace”)

Noun

girt (plural girts)

1. A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.

Related terms

• girder

Etymology 2

From Middle English girten (“gird, encircle”)

Verb

girt (third-person singular simple present girts, present participle girting, simple past and past participle girted)

1. To gird.
2. To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
3. To measure the girth of.

Etymology 3

See gird

Verb

girt

1. simple past tense and past participle of gird

Adjective

girt (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Bound by a cable; used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

Anagrams

• grit, Grit
• trig