noun. The distance around something; the circumference.

noun. Size; bulk.

noun. A strap encircling an animal's body in order to secure a load or saddle on its back; a cinch.

transitive verb. To measure the circumference of.

transitive verb. To encircle.

transitive verb. To secure with a girth.

To bind with a girth.

noun. A band or girdle; especially, a band passed under the belly of a horse or other animal, and drawn tight and fastened, to secure a saddle or a pack on its back.

noun. The measure round a person's body or round a pillar, tree, or anything of a cylindrical or roundish shape.

noun. A girdling; a circuit; a perimeter; an encircling inclosure.

noun. In car-building, a long horizontal bracing-timber on the inside of the frame of a box-car.

noun. In. printing, one of two bands of leather or stout webbing (also called straps) attached to the rounce of a hand-press, used for running the carriage in and out.

To encircle or surround with a measuring-line, as in measuring moldings, etc.

transitive verb. To bind as with a girth.

noun. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.

noun. The measure around any object, such as a body at the waist or belly, or a box ; the circumference of anything.

noun. A small horizontal brace or girder.

noun. The distance measured around an object.

noun. A band passed under the belly of an animal to hold various types of saddles in place.

noun. One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.

verb. To bind as if with a girth or band.

verb. tie a cinch around

noun. stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place

noun. the distance around a person's body

"I caught a rear-end glimpse, with a stiff tail, as big in girth as my body, standing out straight behind."

circumference  combination girth  fitzwilllam girth  girdle  to slip the girths  

fasten  fix  saddlery  secure  stable gear  

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biceps  breadth  bridle  bulk  buttock  

ambit  amplitude  anchor  anklet  area  

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