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Look up: girth

  1. girth
    [n] - the distance around a person`s body 2. [v] - encircle or bind
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. girth
    a) any of the intervals into which a range of diameters, e.g. of tree stems or logs, may be divided for classification and use; b) also the actual trees or logs falling into such an interval Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the minimum,and occasionally the maximum,diameter to which trees or logs are to be measured,felled,or used Category: agr...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Girth
    Girth (gẽrth) noun [ Icelandic gjörš girdle, or gerš girth; akin to Goth. gaķrda girdle. See Gird to girt, and confer Girdle , noun ] 1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse. 2. The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circu ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/29

  4. Girth
    Girth transitive verb [ From Girth , noun , confer Girt , transitive verb ] To bind as with a girth. [ R.] Johnson.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/29

  5. girth
    noun the distance around a person`s body
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. girth
    girt verb encircle or bind; `Trees girded the green fields`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. girth
    the distance around an object; circumference
    Found on http://www3.newberry.org/k12maps/glossar

  8. Girth
    `Girth` is the circumference of a cylindrical object. `Girth` is sometimes used by postal services and delivery companies as basis for pricing. For example Canada Post require that item's length plus girth do not exceeds a maximum allowed value. The girth in this case is 2 * (height + width). Girth is the measurement you get when you wrap a tape measure all the way around the box (its two smallest dimensions). In graph theory, the `girth` of a ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girth

  9. Girth
    • (n.) A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse. • (n.) The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything. • (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder. • (v. t.) To bind as with a girth.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Girth
    With regards to a 6-sided case, the sum total of the shortest dimension x 2, plus the next to the shortest dimensions x 2, plus the longest dimension. Girth is used to determine size freight-ability.
    Found on http://www.starcase.com/glossary.html

  11. girth
    1. the distance around a person's body
    2. stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place

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