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Encircle vs Girt - What's the difference?

encircle | girt |

As verbs the difference between encircle and girt

is that encircle is to surround, form a circle around while girt is to gird or girt can be (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

(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.

encircle

English

Verb

(encircl)
  • To surround, form a circle around.

    • Derived terms

    * encirclement

    girt

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alteration of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
  • *
    • Related terms
    * girder

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To gird.
  • To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
  • To measure the girth of.

    • Etymology 3

    See gird

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gird)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (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.

    • Anagrams

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