Meaning of Girth | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
   countable, uncountable
2. The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
   countable, uncountable
3. One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
   countable, informal, uncountable
4. A small horizontal brace or girder.
   countable, uncountable
5. The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
   countable, uncountable
6. The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths. Close to their attachment to the saddle they had been almost cut through with a knife.”

“He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.”

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