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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Girth \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Girth \Girth\, v. t. [From {Girth}, n., cf {Girt}, v. t.] To bind as with a girth. [R.] --Johnson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: girth n 1: the distance around a person's body 2: band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place [syn: {cinch}] v 1: encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields" [syn: {girt}, {begird}, {gird}] 2: tie a cinch around "cinch horses" [syn: {cinch}]
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