Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Girth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Girth \Girth\ (g[~e]rth), n. [Icel. gj["o]r[eth] girdle, or
ger[eth] girth; akin to Goth. ga['i]rda girdle. See {Gird} to
girt, and cf. {Girdle}, n.]
1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one
by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
2. The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the
circumference of anything.
He's a lu sty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at
least three yards in the girth. --Addison.
3. A small horizontal brace or girder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Girth \Girth\, v. t. [From {Girth}, n., cf. {Girt}, v. t.]
To bind as with a girth. [R.] --Johnson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
girth
n 1: the distance around a person's body
2: stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that
holds the saddle in place [syn: {cinch}]
v 1: encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields" [syn: {girt},
{begird}, {gird}]
2: tie a cinch around; "cinch horses" [syn: {cinch}]
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