v. To encircle, surround, as with a gird; inclose; encompass.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
v. To surround as with a band; to encompass.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To bind with a band or girdle.
To surround; inclose; encompass.
Word Usage
"Chammath, -- and on another, the most fruitful country Gennesaret adjacent, -- did every way begird this city, when it was built, with pleasure and delight."