Meaning

(transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
2. (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
3. (transitive, chiefly reflexive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.
4. (nautical, intransitive) (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing.
5. A sarcastic remark.
6. A stroke with a rod or switch.
7. A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
8. (transitive) To jeer at.

Example Sentences

The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.

We heere create thee the firſt Duke of Suffolke, / And girt thee with the Sword. Coſin of Yorke

Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O most mightie: with thy glory and thy maiestie.

a castle girded with a moat

The lady girt herself with silver chain, from which she hung a golden shear.

And he put vpon him the coate, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the Ephod vpon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the Ephod, and bound it vnto him therewith.

Australia's sons, let us rejoice, / For we are young and free / We've golden soil and wealth for toil / Our home is girt by sea

It took me back across the dim gulf of ages to some happy home in dead Imperial Kôr, where this winsome lady girt about with beauty had lived and died, and dying taken her last-born with her to the tomb.

Word Forms

• girds
• girding
• girded
• girt

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