girt
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
Alteration of girth (“belt, circumference, brace”)
[edit] Noun
girt (plural girts)
- A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle English girten (“gird, encircle”)
[edit] Verb
girt (third-person singular simple present girts, present participle girting, simple past and past participle girted)
- To gird.
- To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
- To measure the girth of.
[edit] Etymology 3
See gird
[edit] Verb
girt
- Simple past tense and past participle of gird.
