Definition of girt

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Girt (a.) 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.

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Belted :: Belted (a.) Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl..
Tun :: Tun (n.) A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask..
Cingle :: Cingle (n.) A girth.
Gantline :: Gantline (n.) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.
Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle..
Girt :: Girt (n.) Same as Girth.
Sinch :: Sinch (v. t.) To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle..
Webbing :: Webbing (n.) A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc..
Girth :: Girth (n.) A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse..
Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc..
Ingirt :: Ingirt (a.) Surrounded; encircled.
Engirt :: Engirt (v. t.) To engird.
Coronated :: Coronated (a.) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.
Surcingle :: Surcingle (n.) A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast..
Girt :: Girt (v.) To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree..
Girt :: Girt (imp. & p. p.) of Gir.
Girth :: Girth (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder.
Girt :: Girt (a.) 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.
Engirt :: Engirt () of Engir.
Girted :: Girted (imp. & p. p.) of Gir.
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