girt

  1. Noun.  A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
  2. Verb.  To gird.
  3. Verb.  To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
  4. Verb.  To measure the girth of.
  5. Verb.  (past of, gird) .

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