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Thesaurus: girth

A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.

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  1. n. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
  2. n. The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything.
  3. n. A small horizontal brace or girder.
  4. v. t. To bind as with a girth.
  5. n. the distance around a person's body
  6. n. stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
  7. v. tie a cinch around
  8. n:100 n. the distance around a person's body