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Definitions for Girt

[1] a simple past tense and past participle of gird1.
[2] gird1(def 1) .
[3] girth.
[4] Carpentry . a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor. a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
[5] Printing . (in certain hand presses) one of a pair of leather straps having one end fastened to the bed and the other to the rounce, for drawing the bed under the platen.
[6] to encircle or bind with a belt or band.
[7] to surround; enclose; hem in.
[8] to prepare (oneself) for action: He girded himself for the trial ahead.
[9] to provide, equip, or invest, as with power or strength.
[10] to gibe; jeer (usually followed by at ).
[11] to gibe or jeer at; taunt.
[12] a gibe.
[13] a past tense and past participle of gird 1
[14] nautical moored securely to prevent swinging
[15] (tr) to bind or encircle; gird
[16] to measure the girth of (something)
[17] to put a belt, girdle, etc, around (the waist or hips)
[18] to bind or secure with or as if with a belt to gird on one's armour
[19] to surround; encircle
[20] to prepare (oneself) for action (esp in the phrase gird (up ) one's loins )
[21] to endow with a rank, attribute, etc, esp knighthood
[22] (when intr, foll by at ) to jeer (at someone); mock
[23] (tr) to strike (a blow at someone)
[24] (intr) to move at high speed
[25] a blow or stroke a taunt; gibe
[26] a display of bad temper or anger (esp in the phrases in a gird; throw a gird )
[27] Scot a hoop, esp a child's hoop Also: girr

Words related to Girt

encircle, girdle, envelop, beset, gird, environ, compass, enclose, ring, circle, belt, begird, cincture, engirdle

Words nearby Girt

girondist, gironny, girosol, girr, girsh, girt, girth, girtin, girtline, gis, gisant

Origin of Girt

d21175–1225; Middle English gyrd a stroke, blow, hence a cutting remark, derivative of girden to strike, smite < ?

Other words from Girt

gird·ing·ly , adverb
gird·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Girt

da Scot variant of girth

Synonyms for Girt

belt, beset, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, ring, begird, cincture, engirdle, hem in