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/ɡɜːθ/ · noun
A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place..
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.
Use girth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Girth means A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place..
Common synonyms include circumference, cinch, girt, gird.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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