present participle of girt

To gird. / To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle. / To measure the girth of.

(nautical) Bound by a cable; used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.

(UK, rural dialect) Alternative spelling of gurt in the sense 'great'.

simple past tense and past participle of gird

(nautical) to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of girt

plural of girt

simple past tense and past participle of girt