- girt
- 1. noun /ɡɜː(ɹ)t/A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.See Also: girder2. verb /ɡɜː(ɹ)t/a) To gird.
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Girt — Girt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Girting}.] [From {Girt}, n., cf. {Girth}, v.] To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. [1913 Webster] We here create thee the first… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Girt — Girt, imp. & p. p. of {Gird}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Girt — Girt, a. (Naut.) 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Girt — (g[ e]rt), n. Same as {Girth}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
girt — vurmağ: (Şamaxı) hərlənmək, gəzmək. – Bı gün aləmi girt vurmışam … Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti
girt — [gə:t US gə:rt] a past participle of ↑gird … Dictionary of contemporary English
girt — c.1400 as alternative form of GIRD (Cf. gird); also p.t. and pp. of gird … Etymology dictionary
girt — see gird … Modern English usage
girt — girt1 [gʉrt] vt. alt. pt. & pp. of GIRD1 girt2 [gʉrt] vt. [ME girten, var. of girden: see GIRD1] 1. to gird; girdle 2. to fasten with a girth … English World dictionary
Girt — Gird Gird (g[ e]rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girt}or {Girded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Girding}.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. g[ u]rten, Icel. gyr[eth]a, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. biga[ i]rdan to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Girt up — Gird Gird (g[ e]rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girt}or {Girded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Girding}.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. g[ u]rten, Icel. gyr[eth]a, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. biga[ i]rdan to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
