Girth

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The distance around something; the circumference.
  • n. Size; bulk: a person of large girth.
  • n. A strap encircling an animal's body in order to secure a load or saddle on its back; a cinch.
  • v. To measure the circumference of.
  • v. To encircle.
  • v. To secure with a girth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The distance measured around an object.
  • n. A band passed under the belly of an animal to hold various types of saddles in place.
  • n. One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
  • v. To bind as if with a girth or band.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
  • n. The measure around any object, such as a body at the waist or belly, or a box ; the circumference of anything.
  • n. A small horizontal brace or girder.
  • v. To bind as with a girth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A band or girdle; especially, a band passed under the belly of a horse or other animal, and drawn tight and fastened, to secure a saddle or a pack on its back.
  • n. The measure round a person's body or round a pillar, tree, or anything of a cylindrical or roundish shape.
  • n. A girdling; a circuit; a perimeter; an encircling inclosure.
  • n. In car-building, a long horizontal bracing-timber on the inside of the frame of a box-car.
  • n. In. printing, one of two bands of leather or stout webbing (also called straps) attached to the rounce of a hand-press, used for running the carriage in and out.
  • To bind with a girth.
  • To encircle or surround with a measuring-line, as in measuring moldings, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. tie a cinch around
  • n. stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
  • n. the distance around a person's body
  • Verb Form
    girthed    girthing    girths   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fix    secure    fasten    stable gear    saddlery    tack   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cinch    circumference   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Earth    Perth    Wentworth    berth    birth    dearth    earth    firth    furth    mirth   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    circumference    stature    paunch    breadth    cinch    stirrup    bridle    biceps    rump    bulk