girth

girth  (gûrth)

n.

1. The distance around something; the circumference.

2. Size; bulk: a person of large girth.

3. A strap encircling an animal's body in order to secure a load or saddle on its back; a cinch.

tr.v. girthed, girth·ing, girths

1. To measure the circumference of.

2. To encircle.

3. To secure with a girth.

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[Middle English gerth, girth strap, from Old Norse gjördh, girdle; see gher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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girth

Noun

1. the measurement around something

2. a band fastened round a horse's middle to keep the saddle in position [Old Norse gjörth belt]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	girth - the distance around a person's body circumference, perimeter - the size of something as given by the distance around it spread - the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age); "she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread"
	2.	girth - stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place cinch harness - stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart saddlery, stable gear, tack - gear for a horse
Verb	1.	girth - tie a cinch around; "cinch horses" cinch fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"

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girth

noun size, measure, proportions, dimensions, bulk, measurement(s), circumference

Translations

girth [gəːθ] n → circunferencia; [of saddle] → cincha

girth [gəːθ] n → circonférence f [of horse]; sangle f

girth [gəːθ] n → Umfang m;

(of horse) → Sattelgurt m

girth [gəːθ] n → circonferenza; [of horse] → cinghia

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girth

n girth [gəːθ]

1 the measurement round a tree, a person's waist etc. omtrekمِقياس مُحيط الجِسم أو الشَّجَرَهобиколкаobvodomkreds; viddeder Umfangπεριφέρειαcontorno, circunferencia, perímetroümbermõõtمحیط؛ دورympärysmittaciconférence, tourהקףपरिमंडल, परिधिkolan, obujamkerületukuran lingkarummál; mittismálcirconferenza; girovita胴回り둘레의 치수apimtisapkārtmērsukur kelilingomtrekomfang, omkrets, (liv)viddeobwódmedida de cinturacircumferinţăобхват; размерobvodobsegobimomfång, omkrets, midjemåttการวัดรอบเอวçevre (ölçüsü)週長，圍長обхватکسی جسم یا شے کا گھیرchu vi周长

2 the strap that holds a saddle on a horse. buikgordحِزام سَرْج الحِصانколан на седлоpopruhgjordder Sattelgurtλουρί που κρατάει σταθερή τη σέλαcinchasadulavööبند زینsatulavyösangleחגורת האוקףकसनkolanhevederpengikat perutkviðbandcinghia, sottopancia腹帯뱃대끈pavaržaseglu jostatali perutbuikriemsal-/bukgjordpopręgcilhachin­găподпругаpopruhpodprsnicakolansadelgjordสายรัดkolan(馬的)肚帶попругаگھوڑے کا تنگđai yên（马的）肚带