1. gird - Noun
2. gird - Verb
A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
To strike; to smite.
To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.
Source: Webster's dictionaryGird your hearts with silent fortitude, Suffering, yet hoping all things. Felicia Hemans
You can still have chemistry on screen without getting on with the person. But it just makes your job a lot easier if you don't have to gird your loins, if that's not quite the right phrase, every time you're going to do a scene with that person. Hugh Dancy
So many minds did gird their orbs with beams, Tho' one did fling the fire; Heaven flow'd upon the soul in many dreams Of high desire. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Cease therefore to be dismayed by the mere novelty and so to reject reason from your mind with loathing: weigh the questions rather with keen judgment and if they seem to you to be true, surrender, or if the thing is false, gird yourself to the encounter. Lucretius
Life is competitive; clothes gird us for the competition. Edith Head
The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East Source: Internet