GIRT

n. v. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

imp. & p. p. of Gird.

2.
v.

To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, And girt thee with the sword. Shak.

3.
a.

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.

4.
n.

Same as Girth.

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