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Girth
| 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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