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Girt - What does it mean?

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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.
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    • 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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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.