girt

¹ American  

[gurt] / gɜrt /

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of gird.

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girt ² American  

[gurt] / gɜrt /

verb (used with object)

1. an uncommon variant of gird.

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girt ³ American  

[gurt] / gɜrt /

noun

1. a variant of girth.

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girt ⁴ American  

[gurt] / gɜrt /

noun

1. Carpentry.

   1. a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.

   2. a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.

2. Printing.  (in certain hand presses) one of a pair of leather straps having one end fastened to the bed and the other to the rounce, for drawing the bed under the platen.

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girt ¹ British  

/ ɡɜːt /

verb

1. a past tense and past participle of gird 1

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adjective

1. nautical moored securely to prevent swinging

girt ² British  

/ ɡɜːt /

verb

1. (tr) to bind or encircle; gird

2. to measure the girth of (something)

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Etymology

Origin of girt

First recorded in 1555–65; alteration of girth

Example Sentences

Australia’s anthem describes the country as “girt by sea.”

From New York Times

In a short epilogue, we glimpse him as an adult, girt with the trappings of fascism and worshipped by the mob.

From The New Yorker

Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.

From Literature

He stood up and cast open his long black cloak, and behold! he was clad in mail beneath, and girt with a long sword, great-hilted in a sheath of black and silver.

From Literature

Another British diplomat visited Abbottabad, a town near the Kashmir border, and found that “the tribesmen were conspicuous with their rifles over their shoulders, girt with bandoliers and looking thoroughly piratical.”

From Washington Post