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Girded vs Girt - What's the difference?

girded | girt |


As verbs the difference between girded and girt

is that girded is past tense of gird while girt is to gird.

As a noun girt is

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

As an adjective girt is

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.

Girt vs Engirt - What's the difference?

girt | engirt |


As verbs the difference between girt and engirt

is that girt is to gird or girt can be (gird) while engirt is (obsolete) to girt; to surround or encircle or engirt can be .

As adjectives the difference between girt and engirt

is that girt is (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 while engirt is (rare) encircled, surrounded.

As a noun girt

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

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