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/ɡɜːt/ · noun
A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts..
There are various ways of tying rafters to sidewalls, and the choices may vary depending on roof pitch. One of the most common is the use of “birdsmouths” cut into the rafter. A notch is cut into the rafter so that the rafter bears down flat upon the doubled top plate of stick framing, or upon the girt in heavy timber framing.
Eighty Poles, each of one Foot high, were erected for this purpoſe, and very ſtrong Cords of the bigneſs of Packthread were faſtned by Hooks to many Bandages, which the Workmen had girt round my Neck, my Hands, my Body, and my Legs.
Use girt when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Girt means A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts..
Common synonyms include gird, girth, begird.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There are various ways of tying rafters to sidewalls, and the choices may vary depending on roof pitch. One of the most common is the use of “birdsmouths” cut into the rafter. A notch is cut into the rafter so that the rafter bears down flat upon the doubled top plate of stick framing, or upon the girt in heavy timber framing.
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