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girt

Pronunciation: /ɡɜːt/

The English word “girt” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

  1. To gird.
  2. To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
  3. To measure the girth of.
  4. to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.

adjective

  1. 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.
  2. (Of a country) To by surrounded by sea.

Etymology

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

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