Definitions For Girt

Etymology 1

Alteration of girth, , belt, circumference, brace.

Noun

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

Related terms

girder

Etymology 2

From Middle English girten, , gird, encircle.

Verb

{{en-verb}} To gird. To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle. To measure the girth of.

Etymology 3

See gird.

Verb

simple past tense and past participle of gird

Adjective

(not comparable) (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.

Verb

{{en-verb}} (nautical) to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.

Etymology 4

From Middle English girt, gert, a metathesis, metathetic variant of gret, t=great. More at great.

Adjective

(not comparable) (UK, rural dialect) Alternative spelling of gurt in the sense 'great'.

Anagrams

Grit, grit, trig