GIRT
girt
Noun
- A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
Verb
- To gird.
- To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
- To measure the girth of.
Verb (etymology 2)
girt
Adjective
- 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.
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