girt (root: gird)

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

girt, imp. & p. p. 

 imp. & p. p. of Gird.  [1913 Webster]

girt, v. t. [From Girt, n., cf. Girth, v.].

 To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.  [1913 Webster]
"We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk,
And girt thee with the sword."  [1913 Webster]

girt, a. 

 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.  [1913 Webster]

girt, n. 

 Same as Girth.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

girt, past part. of GIRD(1).

girt, var. of GIRTH.

ROGET THESAURUS

girt

Outline

N outline, circumference, perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines tournure, contour, profile, silhouette, bounds, coast line, zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt, cordon, circlet.