"girt" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɡɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɝt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girt.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} girt (not comparable)
  1. (nautical) 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. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-girt-en-adj-W2wJvz3s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 6 10 2 2 1 34 28 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Adjective

IPA: /ɡɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɝt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girt.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Etymology: From Middle English girt, gert, a metathetic variant of gret (“great”). More at great. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|girt}} Middle English girt, {{m|enm|gert}} gert, {{m|enm|gret|t=great}} gret (“great”), {{m|en|great}} great Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} girt (not comparable)
  1. (UK, rural dialect) Alternative spelling of gurt in the sense 'great'. Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: gurt in the sense 'great'
    Sense id: en-girt-en-adj-Kvlx5rZv Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /ɡɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɝt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: girts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Etymology: Alteration of girth (“belt, circumference, brace”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|girth||belt, circumference, brace}} girth (“belt, circumference, brace”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} girt (plural girts)
  1. A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts. Related terms: girder
    Sense id: en-girt-en-noun-BxtnAbaj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 6 10 2 2 1 34 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɡɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɝt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: girts [present, singular, third-person], girting [participle, present], girted [participle, past], girted [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Etymology: From Middle English girten (“gird, encircle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|girten||gird, encircle}} Middle English girten (“gird, encircle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} girt (third-person singular simple present girts, present participle girting, simple past and past participle girted)
  1. To gird.
    Sense id: en-girt-en-verb-I~a0CfFl
  2. To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
    Sense id: en-girt-en-verb--cD5i0OO
  3. To measure the girth of.
    Sense id: en-girt-en-verb-zroRoLhh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɡɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɝt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girt.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} girt
  1. simple past and past participle of gird Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: gird
    Sense id: en-girt-en-verb-yhEKY2NJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 6 10 2 2 1 34 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ɡɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɝt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: girts [present, singular, third-person], girting [participle, present], girted [participle, past], girted [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{en-verb}} girt (third-person singular simple present girts, present participle girting, simple past and past participle girted)
  1. (nautical) to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-girt-en-verb-r8uH2NPR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 6 10 2 2 1 34 28 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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