girth

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girth / gər[unvoicedth]/ • n. 1. the measurement around the middle of something, esp. a person's waist. ∎  a person's middle or stomach, esp. when large.2. a band attached to a saddle, used to secure it on a horse by being fastened around its belly.• v. [tr.] archaic surround; encircle: the four seas that girth Britain.