girt

Speech parts

1. girt - Noun

2. girt - Adjective

3. girt - Verb

Derived from gird

Meaning

of Gird

imp. & p. p. of Gird.

To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.

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.

Same as Girth.

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They tell him he was a hairy man with a leather girt round his loin and he instantly recognizes the description as Elijah the Tishbite. Source: Internet

The word accintus meaning a soldier (literally, "girt" as for battle) attests to this differing usage. Source: Internet

NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS; Everything in Readiness for Their Reception To-day at Camp Voorhees, Sea Girt. Source: Internet

"When you grew up, you went to a camp at Sea Girt, so you collect cards from Sea Girt." Source: Internet

She is survived by her aunts, Cecilia Jordan Holle of Bloomfield and Teresa Jordan Corcoran of Sea Girt, as well as 15 first cousins and their offspring in the US, and dozens of cousins in Ireland, all of whom will miss her dearly. Source: Internet

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