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Cordon vs Girth - What's the difference?

cordon | girth | Related terms |

Cordon is a related term of girth.


As nouns the difference between cordon and girth

is that cordon is lace, string while girth is the distance measured around an object.

As a verb girth is

to bind as if with a girth or band.

cordon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
  • A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
  • (cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully.
  • (botany) A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a cordon around an area in order to prevent movement in or out.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    girth

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The distance measured around an object.
  • A band passed under the belly of an animal to hold various types of saddles in place.
  • * '>citation
  • The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
  • (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
  • * Addison
    • He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth .
  • A small horizontal brace or girder.

    • Synonyms

    * circumference * cinch

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bind as if with a girth or band.
    • (Johnson)

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l)