ungirthed









ungirthed


noun

  1. the measure around anything; circumference.
  2. a band that passes underneath a horse or other animal to hold a saddle in place, especially one having a buckle at each end for fastening to straps running from under the flaps of the saddle.
  3. something that encircles; a band or girdle.

verb (used with object)

  1. to bind or fasten with a girth.
  2. to girdle; encircle.

noun

  1. the distance around something; circumference
  2. size or bulka man of great girth
  3. a band around a horse’s belly to keep the saddle in position

verb

  1. (usually foll by up) to fasten a girth on (a horse)
  2. (tr) to encircle or surround

n.c.1300, “belt around a horse’s body,” from Old Norse gjorð “girdle, belt, hoop,” from Proto-Germanic *gertu- (cf Gothic gairda “girdle”), from the same source as gird. Sense of “measurement around an object” first recorded 1640s.

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