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girth
English
Etymology
From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gj?rð, from Proto-Germanic *gerd?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?erd?- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????????? (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????/
- (US) IPA(key): /???/
- Rhymes: -??(?)?
Noun
girth (countable and uncountable, plural girths)
- A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
- The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
- (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
- Addison
- He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.
- Addison
- A small horizontal brace or girder.
- The distance measured around an object.
- (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
Synonyms
- circumference
- cinch
Derived terms
- girthen
- girthful
- girthless
- girthly
- girthsome
- girthy
Translations
Verb
girth (third-person singular simple present girths, present participle girthing, simple past and past participle girthed)
- To bind as if with a girth or band.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
Anagrams
- grith, right
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girthed
English
Etymology
girth +? -ed
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(?)?t
Adjective
girthed (comparative more girthed, superlative most girthed)
- Of a sizeable girth; portly.
- 1858, Charles Dickens (ed.), Down among the Dutchmen (in Household Words volumes 17-18, page 249)
- He is quite of the Pelissier build; rotund, and girthed, and strapped down; with a grey poll, and dyed moustaches.
- 1858, Charles Dickens (ed.), Down among the Dutchmen (in Household Words volumes 17-18, page 249)
Anagrams
- dighter, girdeth, righted
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