girt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb prepare oneself for a military confrontation
    build up; gird; fortify; arm.
    • The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
    • troops are building up on the Iraqi border
  2. verb put a girdle on or around
    girdle; gird.
    • gird your loins
  3. verb bind with something round or circular
    encircle; gird.

WordNet

Girt
Definitions
  1. imp. & p. p. of Gird.
Girt transitive verb
Etymology
From Girt, n., cf. Girth, v.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Girted; present participle & verbal noun Girting
Definitions
  1. To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.
    We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, And girt thee with the sword. Shak.
Girt adjective
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) 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.
Girt noun
Definitions
  1. Same as Girth.

Webster 1913