girt
oxford
views updated May 18 2018girt1 / gərt/ • past participle of gird1 .girt2 •
n. old-fashioned term for girth.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
girt
oxford
views updated May 11 2018girt surround, gird XVI; take the girth of XVII. f.
girt sb. (XVI), var. of
GIRTH surviving in techn. uses; infl. by pp.
girt of
GIRD1.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
