Girth - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɡɜːrθ|
Brit.
|ɡɜːθ|
noun
- the distance around a person's body
- stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place (syn: cinch)
- stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place (syn: cinch)
verb
Extra examples
The tree is about two meters in girth.
...you'll need to make sure you girth the saddle tightly or you'll fall off the horse...
...his arms couldn't quite girth the stone column...
The island is girdled about with the round sea's girth as a town with its wall.
The four seas girth Britain.
He was a tall man, of considerable girth (=he was fat).
Some of the carrots girthed nearly 20 inches.
...a retired football player whose chief asset—his prodigious girth—has now become a liability...
Word forms
noun
singular: girth
plural: girths
singular: girth
plural: girths
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