Girth

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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