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Girt
Meaning
Noun
●
A
horizontal
structural
member
of
post
and
beam
architecture
,
typically
attached
to
bridge
two or more
vertical
member
s such as
corner
post
s.
Verb
●
To gird.
●
To
bind
horizontally
,
as with
a
belt
or girdle.
●
To
measure
the
girth
of.
●
simple past
and
past participle
of gird
●
In Nautical:
to
capsize
because of
forces
in the
cable
attaching
it to another vessel.
Adj
●
In Nautical:
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.
●
In British English:
Alternative
spelling
of
gurt
in the
sense
'great'.
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Origin
girt
English
girten
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Yon
Moor
Fanny
Rhymes
Girt
Yurt
Vert
Blurt
Spurt
Skirt
Invert
Divert
Pervert
Concert
Subvert
Deconvert
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