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girt - What does it mean?

Definition of 'girt'

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
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  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To gird.
  • To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
  • To measure the girth of.
  • Etymology 3

    See gird

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gird)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (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.
  • Anagrams

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    Similar to 'girt'

    great, grout, greet, grit, grot, groat, grat, griot, gart, gert, greit, gurt, gruit