noun · countable / uncountable · rare

girth

girth · girths

попруга, окружність

подпруга, обхват

Umfang, Sattelgurt

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

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UK/ɡɜːθ/US/ɡɝθ/

» Due to his expanding girth, he shifted from belts to suspenders.

Wegen seines zunehmenden Leibesumfangs stieg er von Gürteln auf Hosenträger um.

Meaning

6 senses

(countable, uncountable)A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
Sattelgurt
подпру́гаpodprúga
попру́гаpoprúha
stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
(countable, uncountable)The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
(countable, informal, uncountable)One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
(countable, uncountable)A small horizontal brace or girder.
(countable, uncountable)The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
Umfang
обхва́тobxvát
окру́жністьokrúžnistʹ
the distance around a person's body
(countable, uncountable)The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.

Examples

3 sentences

Due to his expanding girth, he shifted from belts to suspenders.
deWegen seines zunehmenden Leibesumfangs stieg er von Gürteln auf Hosenträger um.
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Girth is more significant than length.
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The incredible girth of a Sequoia tree is necessary to support its titanic height.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place:

the distance measured around an object:

Русский

By meaning 2

band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place:

the distance measured around an object:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place:

the distance measured around an object:

Origin

From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō,

From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).

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