girt

Meanings

Plural: girts

Verb

prepare oneself for a military confrontation
put a girdle on or around
bind with something round or circular
To gird.
To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
To measure the girth of.
simple past and past participle of gird
to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.

Noun

A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.

Adj

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.
Alternative spelling of gurt in the sense 'great'.

Origin / Etymology

Alteration of girth (“belt, circumference, brace”).

Synonyms

arm, build up, encircle, fortify, gird, girdle

Antonyms

disarm

Scrabble Score: 5

girt is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
girt is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
girt is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

girt is a valid Words With Friends word