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Girth

Girth Meaning & Definition
Girth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Girth?

[n] stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
[n] the distance around a person's body
[v] tie a cinch around; "cinch horses"
[v] encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Girth: begird | cinch | cinch | gird | girt

Related Terms | Find terms related to Girth: ambit | amplitude | anchor | anklet | area | armlet | back band | backstrap | band | bandage | bar | barrette | bearing rein | bellyband | belt | bend | bigness | bind | bind up | binding | binding stone | binding twine | bit | blinders | blinds | bobby pin | body | bollard | bolt | bonder | bondstone | border | box hook | brace | bracelet | braces | brad | braid | breadth | breeching | bridle | buckle | bulk | bundle | button | cable | caliber | caparison | carpet tack | catch | cavesson | cestus | chain | checkrein | cheekpiece | chinband | cinch | cincture | cingulum | circuit | circumference | clamp | clasp | cleat | click | clinch | clip | clothespin | collar | collarband | corking pin | cotter | coverage | crownband | crupper | cummerbund | curb | depth | diameter | dimension | dimensions | do up | dowel | earring | ecliptic | equator | expanse | expansion | extension | extent | fascia | fibula | fillet | finger ring | fishhook | funiculus | gag swivel | garter | gauge | gird | girdle | girt | grab | grapnel | grappler | grappling iron | great circle | greatness | guy | hackamore | hairpin | halter | hames | hametugs | hank | harness | hasp | hawser | haywire | headgear | headstall | height | hip straps | hitch | hitching post | holdfast | hook | hook and eye | hoop | horn | inkle | interlocker | jaquima | jerk line | jockey | kevel | kingpin | lace | lacing | largeness | lariat | lash | latch | latchet | leader | leash | length | ligament | line | lines | lock | loop | magnitude | martingale | mass | measure | measurement | moorings | nail | neckband | necklace | noose | nose ring | noseband | nut | padlock | paper clip | pawl | peg | perimeter | periphery | pin | pintle | pole strap | pommel | proportion | proportions | quoit | radius | range | reach | reins | ribbons | ring | rivet | roller | rope | saddle | safety pin | scale | scope | screw | seal | sennit | setscrew | shaft tug | side check | size | skewer | slide fastener | snaffle | snap | snubbing post | spike | splice | spread | staple | stirrup | strap | string | strop | stub tenon | surcingle | suspenders | swaddle | swathe | tack | tackle | tag | tendon | terret | thole | tholepin | thong | thumbtack | tie | tie beam | tie up | toggle | trappings | treenail | truss | tug | twine | vise | volume | waistband | whang | width | winker braces | wire | wrap | wrap up | wristband | wristlet | yoke | zipper | zodiac | zone

See Also | circle | circumference | encircle | environ | fasten | fix | harness | perimeter | ring | round | saddlery | secure | stable gear | surround | tack

Girth In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Girth\, v. t. [From {Girth}, n., cf. {Girt}, v. t.] To bind as with a girth. [R.] --Johnson.

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