girth
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
girth
- A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
- The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
- (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
- Addison
- He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.
- Addison
- A small horizontal brace or girder.
- The distance measured around an object.
- (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
- German: Sattelgurt
- French: circonférence
- German: Umfang
- Italian: circonferenza
- Portuguese: circunferência
- Russian: обхва́т
- Spanish: circunferencia
- German: Sattelgurt
- Russian: подпру́га
- Spanish: cincha
girth (girths, present participle girthing; past and past participle girthed)
- To bind as if with a girth or band.
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