Girt

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɡɜː(ɹ)t/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Alteration of girth ("belt, circumference, brace")

Full definition of girt

Noun

1. A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.

Related terms

• girder

From Middle English girten ("gird, encircle")

Verb

1. To gird.
2. To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
3. To measure the girth of.

See gird

Verb

1. girt

   (past of gird)

Adjective

1. (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

• grit, Grit
• trig