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

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

(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