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   girth

   /ɡəːθ/

   noun

   • 1. the measurement around the middle of something, especially a person's waist: "idle men of great girth" Similar circumferencewidthperimetersizebulkmeasurecinch
   • ▪ a person's waist or stomach, especially when large: "he tied the knotted towels around his girth" Similar stomachmidriffmiddleabdomenbellygutinformal:tummytum
   • 2. a band attached to a saddle and fastened around a horse's belly to keep the saddle in place.

   verb

   • 1. surround; encircle: archaic "the four seas that girth Britain"

   Word Origin Middle English (in girth (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old Norse gjǫrth.

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