- girt⇄girt (1), verb.
a past tense and a past participle of gird (1).
Ex. The knight girt himself for battle. - girt⇄girt (2), verb, noun.
- girt⇄noun 1. the measure around anything.
2. (Dialect.) a saddle girth. - girt⇄v.i. to measure a certain amount in girth.
Ex. The tree 'girts' eighteen and a half feet, and spreads over a hundred (Oliver Wendell Holmes). - girt⇄v.t. 1. to put a belt, girdle, or girth around; gird.
2. to fasten with a belt, girdle, or girth.