1) Begird 2) Belted 3) Belted or banded 4) Braced 5) Cinctured 6) Circle 7) Encircle 8) Encircle or bind 9) Encircled 10) Encircled with a belt 11) Enclosed, old-style 12) Environ 13) Equip or encircle 14) Gird 15) Girth 16) Hemmed in 17) Put a girdle on or around 18) Ready for action 19) Ring 20) Round 1) Begird 
In architecture or structural engineering, a girt is a horizontal structural member in a framed wall. Girts provide lateral support to the wall panel, primarily, to resist wind loads. May also be known as a sheeting rail. A comparable element in roof construction is a purlin. ==Stability in steel building construction== The girt is commonly used a...
• (n.) Same as Girth. • (a.) 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. • (imp. & p. p.) of Gird • (v.) To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. • imp. & p. p. of Gird.G......
Broad tunnel with plenty of headroom.
Girt (gẽrt) noun Same as Girth . Girt adjective (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. Girt imperfect & past participle of Gird . Girt transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Girted ; present participle & verbal noun Girting .] [ From Girt , noun , confer Girth , v. ] To gird; to encircle; to inve...
Girt is old Dorset slang for great, big.
A horizontal structural member that is attached to the sidewall or endwall columns supporting sheeting or paneling.
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