English Dictionary

girth

IPA（発音記号）

/ɡɜːθ/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 くだけた表現

A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place. / The part of an animal around which the girth fits.

日本語の意味

動物の腹部に通して、鞍やハーネスを固定するために用いられる帯状の器具 / 動物の体、特にその帯が当てがわれる腹部周辺の部分

Before mounting, she tightened the girth to make sure the saddle wouldn't slip.

乗る前に、彼女は鞍がずれないように馬の腹の下を通す帯をきつく締めた。

意味（1）

A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths. Close to their attachment to the saddle they had been almost cut through with a knife.

意味（2）

The part of an animal around which the girth fits.

意味（3）

(informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.

He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.

意味（4）

A small horizontal brace or girder.

意味（5）

The distance measured around an object.

意味（6）

(graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.

girths （ plural ）