girth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: girth	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for girth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
girth n the distance around a person's body stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place Synonym(s): cinch, girth v tie a cinch around; "cinch horses" Synonym(s): cinch, girth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Girth \Girth\ (g[etil]rth), n. [Icel. gj[94]r[edh] girdle, or ger[edh] girth; akin to Goth. ga[a1]rda girdle. See {Gird} to girt, and cf. {Girdle}, n.] 1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse. 2. The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything. He's a lu sty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth. --Addison. 3. A small horizontal brace or girder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Girth \Girth\, v. t. [From {Girth}, n., cf. {Girt}, v. t.] To bind as with a girth. [R.] --Johnson.