girth

/ษกษœหฮธ/

IPA: /G ER1 TH/

noun
  1. 1

    A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

  2. 2

    The part of an animal around which the girth fits.

  3. 3

    One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.

  4. 4

    A small horizontal brace or girder.

  5. 5

    The distance measured around an object.

  6. 6

    The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.

verb
  1. 1

    To bind as if with a girth or band.

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