Girt

Part of speech: noun (n.)

imp. & p. p. of Gird.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Same as Girth.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, And girt thee with the sword. Shak.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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.