girth

As a noun girth

is the distance measured around an object.

As a verb girth

is to bind as if with a girth or band.

As an adjective girthy is

of significant girth; wide.

As nouns the difference between girth and curple

is that girth is the distance measured around an object while curple is the hindquarters or the rump of a horse, a strap under the girth of a horse's saddle to stop the saddle from kicking forward.

As a verb girth

is to bind as if with a girth or band.