Girt vs. Girth — What's the Difference?

For the town in Armenia, see Kard, Armenia. In architecture or structural engineering, a girt, also known as a sheeting rail, is a horizontal structural member in a framed wall.

The measurement around the middle of something, especially a person's waist

To gird.

A band attached to a saddle and fastened around a horse's belly to keep the saddle in place.

To secure with a girth.

Surround; encircle

To measure the girth of.

The distance around something; the circumference.

To measure in girth.

Size; bulk:a person of large girth.

A past tense and a past participle of gird1.

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

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

To measure the circumference of.

To gird.

To encircle.

To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.

To secure with a girth.

To measure the girth of.

A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

Simple past tense and past participle of gird

The part of an animal around which the girth fits.

(nautical) to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.

(informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.

(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.

A small horizontal brace or girder.

Alternative spelling of gurtin the sense 'great'.

The distance measured around an object.

To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.

(graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.

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.

To bind as if with a girth or band.

Same as Girth.

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

Encircle or bind;

The measure around any object, such as a body at the waist or belly, or a box ; the circumference of anything; as, in order to be acceptable for mailing, the total of height and girth of a package must not exceed 63 inches.

A small horizontal brace or girder.

To bind as with a girth.

The distance around a person's body

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

Encircle or bind;

Tie a cinch around;