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n.
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
v. t.
To bind as with a girth.
n.
A small horizontal brace or girder.
a.
Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.
n.
A saddle girth made of leather, canvas, woven horsehair, or woven grass.
n.
A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
n.
Same as Girth.
v. t.
To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle.
n.
The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.
n.
A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.
n.
A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.
n.
A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc.
n.
A gantline.
v.
To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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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.
n.
A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.
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