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Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth" title="girth – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="girth" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Harness_%28PSF%29.png/222px-Harness_%28PSF%29.png" decoding="async" width="222" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Harness_%28PSF%29.png/333px-Harness_%28PSF%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Harness_%28PSF%29.png/444px-Harness_%28PSF%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1628" data-file-height="1268" /></a><figcaption>a girth</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=girth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_English">girth</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/gerth#Middle_English" title="gerth">gerth</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/gyrth#Middle_English" title="gyrth">gyrth</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/wiki/gj%C7%ABr%C3%B0#Old_Norse" title="gjǫrð">gjǫrð</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gerd%C5%8D" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gerdō">*gerdō</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/g%CA%B0erd%CA%B0-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰerdʰ-">*gʰerdʰ-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to encircle, enclose; belt</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Gothic language">Gothic</a></span> <i class="Goth mention" lang="got"><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8C%B2%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8D%82%F0%90%8C%B3%F0%90%8C%B0#Gothic" title="𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰">𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="got-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn"><a href="/wiki/gairda#Gothic" title="gairda">gairda</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Icelandic language">Icelandic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/gj%C3%B6r%C3%B0#Icelandic" title="gjörð">gjörð</a></i>. Also related to <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Gurt#German" title="Gurt">Gurt</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/gird#English" title="gird">gird</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Albanian language">Albanian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sq"><a href="/wiki/ng%C3%ABrthej#Albanian" title="ngërthej">ngërthej</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to tie, bind, fasten</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=girth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ɡɜːθ/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-girth.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-girth.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-girth.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-girth.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-girth.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-girth.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-girth.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girth.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ɡɝθ/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%9C%CB%90(%C9%B9)%CE%B8" title="Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)θ"><span class="IPA">-ɜː(ɹ)θ</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=girth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">girth</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/girths#English" title="girths">girths</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a <a href="/wiki/saddle" title="saddle">saddle</a> or a <a href="/wiki/harness_saddle" title="harness saddle">harness saddle</a> in place. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1929</b></span>, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 8, in <cite>Filibuster</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://openlibrary.org/works/OL219110W">[1]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the <a href="/wiki/surcingle#Noun" title="surcingle">surcingle</a> loosened, and was pointing to the <b>girths</b>. Close to their attachment to the saddle they had been almost cut through with a knife.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>The part of an animal around which the girth fits.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#informal" title="Appendix:Glossary">informal</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> One's <a href="/wiki/waistline" title="waistline">waistline</a> <a href="/wiki/circumference" title="circumference">circumference</a>, most often a <a href="/wiki/large" title="large">large</a> one. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1716</b> March 16 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 22. Monday, March 5. <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>1716.<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>”, in <cite>The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq;<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="In Four Volumes.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, volume IV, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed for">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Tonson" class="extiw" title="w:Jacob Tonson">Jacob Tonson</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="at Shakespear’s-Head, over-against Katharine-street in the Strand.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1721</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1056445272">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the <b>girth</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>A small horizontal <a href="/wiki/brace" title="brace">brace</a> or <a href="/wiki/girder" title="girder">girder</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/distance" title="distance">distance</a> measured around an object.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/graph_theory" title="graph theory">graph theory</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/length" title="length">length</a> of the shortest <a href="/wiki/cycle" title="cycle">cycle</a> in a <a href="/wiki/graph" title="graph">graph</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=girth&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="checksense"> <dl><dd><i>The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. 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data-column-count="2"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/breast_girth#English" title="breast girth">breast girth</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/breast-girth#English" title="breast-girth">breast-girth</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=girthen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="girthen (page does not exist)">girthen</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/girthful#English" title="girthful">girthful</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/girth-galled#English" title="girth-galled">girth-galled</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/girthless#English" title="girthless">girthless</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/girthly#English" title="girthly">girthly</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/girthsome#English" title="girthsome">girthsome</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/girth_strap#English" title="girth strap">girth strap</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/girthy#English" title="girthy">girthy</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=girth&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-A_band_or_strap_passed_under_an_animal_to_hold_a_saddle_in_place"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Albanian: <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/wiki/palld%C3%ABm#Albanian" title="palldëm">palldëm</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/palld%C3%ABm" class="extiw" title="sq:palldëm">(sq)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/wiki/qing%C3%ABl#Albanian" title="qingël">qingël</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/qing%C3%ABl" class="extiw" title="sq:qingël">(sq)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/w/index.php?title=vithatore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vithatore (page does not exist)">vithatore</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/vithatore" class="extiw" title="sq:vithatore">(sq)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/w/index.php?title=n%C3%ABnbishte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="nënbishte (page does not exist)">nënbishte</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/n%C3%ABnbishte" class="extiw" title="sq:nënbishte">(sq)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/wiki/praqe#Albanian" title="praqe">praqe</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/praqe" class="extiw" title="sq:praqe">(sq)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/w/index.php?title=stragal%C3%AB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="stragalë (page does not exist)">stragalë</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/wiki/%C3%B6rk%C9%99n#Azerbaijani" title="örkən">örkən</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/wiki/k%C9%99f%C9%99#Azerbaijani" title="kəfə">kəfə</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">dialectal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/cingla#Catalan" title="cingla">cingla</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/cingla" class="extiw" title="ca:cingla">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=podp%C4%9Bnka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="podpěnka (page does not exist)">podpěnka</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=podb%C5%99i%C5%A1n%C3%ADk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="podbřišník (page does not exist)">podbřišník</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/singel#Dutch" title="singel">singel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/singel" class="extiw" title="nl:singel">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/cenlla#Galician" title="cenlla">cenlla</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/cincha#Galician" title="cincha">cincha</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/atafal#Galician" title="atafal">atafal</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="სატე (page does not exist)">სატე</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">saṭe</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Sattelgurt#German" title="Sattelgurt">Sattelgurt</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sattelgurt" class="extiw" title="de:Sattelgurt">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Ingrian: <span class="Latn" lang="izh"><a href="/wiki/selk%C3%A4nahka#Ingrian" title="selkänahka">selkänahka</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/kati#Maori" title="kati">kati</a></span></li> <li>Middle English: <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/gerth#Middle_English" title="gerth">gerth</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/cilha#Portuguese" title="cilha">cilha</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/cilha" class="extiw" title="pt:cilha">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="подпруга (page does not exist)">подпру́га</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:подпруга">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">podprúga</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/cincha#Spanish" title="cincha">cincha</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cincha" class="extiw" title="es:cincha">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=sadelgjord&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="sadelgjord (page does not exist)">sadelgjord</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/sadelgjord" class="extiw" title="sv:sadelgjord">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/satiyan#Tagalog" title="satiyan">satiyan</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=paniyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="paniyan (page does not exist)">paniyan</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="попруга (page does not exist)">попру́га</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="uk:попруга">(uk)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">poprúha</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Zazaki: <span class="Latn" lang="zza"><a href="/w/index.php?title=g%C4%B1lonc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="gılonc (page does not exist)">gılonc</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://diq.wiktionary.org/wiki/g%C4%B1lonc" class="extiw" title="diq:gılonc">(diq)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-the_distance_measured_around_an_object"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">the distance measured around an object</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="the distance measured around an object"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="обиколка">обиколка</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:обиколка">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">obikolka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/obvod#Czech" title="obvod">obvod</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/obvod" class="extiw" title="cs:obvod">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/omtrek#Dutch" title="omtrek">omtrek</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/omtrek" class="extiw" title="nl:omtrek">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/omvang#Dutch" title="omvang">omvang</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/omvang" class="extiw" title="nl:omvang">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/ymp%C3%A4rysmitta#Finnish" title="ympärysmitta">ympärysmitta</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/ymp%C3%A4rysmitta" class="extiw" title="fi:ympärysmitta">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/circonf%C3%A9rence#French" title="circonférence">circonférence</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/circonf%C3%A9rence" class="extiw" title="fr:circonférence">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/tour#French" title="tour">tour</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/tour" class="extiw" title="fr:tour">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AE%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="გარშემოხვევა (page does not exist)">გარშემოხვევა</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">garšemoxveva</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A7%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="გარშემორტყმა (page does not exist)">გარშემორტყმა</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">garšemorṭq̇ma</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Umfang#German" title="Umfang">Umfang</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Umfang" class="extiw" title="de:Umfang">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A3#Hebrew" title="היקף">היקף</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A3" class="extiw" title="he:היקף">(he)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">hekef</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/ker%C3%BClet#Hungarian" title="kerület">kerület</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/ker%C3%BClet" class="extiw" title="hu:kerület">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=k%C3%B6rfogat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="körfogat (page does not exist)">körfogat</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/circonferenza#Italian" title="circonferenza">circonferenza</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/circonferenza" class="extiw" title="it:circonferenza">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BC#Macedonian" title="обем">обем</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">obem</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/omkrets#Norwegian" title="omkrets">omkrets</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/omkrets" class="extiw" title="no:omkrets">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/circunfer%C3%AAncia#Portuguese" title="circunferência">circunferência</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/circunfer%C3%AAncia" class="extiw" title="pt:circunferência">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%85%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82#Russian" title="обхват">обхва́т</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%85%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82" class="extiw" title="ru:обхват">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">obxvát</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/circunferencia#Spanish" title="circunferencia">circunferencia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/circunferencia" class="extiw" title="es:circunferencia">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/omkrets#Swedish" title="omkrets">omkrets</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/omkrets" class="extiw" title="sv:omkrets">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/omf%C3%A5ng#Swedish" title="omfång">omfång</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/omf%C3%A5ng" class="extiw" title="sv:omfång">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Ukrainian" title="окружність">окру́жність</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="uk:окружність">(uk)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">okrúžnistʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-equipment"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">equipment</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="equipment"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/satulavy%C3%B6#Finnish" title="satulavyö">satulavyö</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/satulavy%C3%B6" class="extiw" title="fi:satulavyö">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Sattelgurt#German" title="Sattelgurt">Sattelgurt</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sattelgurt" class="extiw" title="de:Sattelgurt">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/gj%C3%B6r%C3%B0#Icelandic" title="gjörð">gjörð</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=s%C3%B6%C3%B0ulgj%C3%B6r%C3%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="söðulgjörð (page does not exist)">söðulgjörð</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/w/index.php?title=gurto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="gurto (page does not exist)">gurto</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/gurto" class="extiw" title="io:gurto">(io)</a></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%BE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="колан за седло (page does not exist)">колан за седло</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">kolan za sedlo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/w/index.php?title=salgjord&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="salgjord (page does not exist)">salgjord</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/popr%C4%99g#Polish" title="popręg">popręg</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/popr%C4%99g" class="extiw" title="pl:popręg">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="подпруга (page does not exist)">подпру́га</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:подпруга">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">podprúga</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/cincha#Spanish" title="cincha">cincha</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cincha" class="extiw" title="es:cincha">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=sadelgjord&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="sadelgjord (page does not exist)">sadelgjord</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/sadelgjord" class="extiw" title="sv:sadelgjord">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/gjord#Swedish" title="gjord">gjord</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/gjord" class="extiw" title="sv:gjord">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-graph_theory"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">graph theory</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="graph theory"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/maille#French" title="maille">maille</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/maille" class="extiw" title="fr:maille">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/cintura#Galician" title="cintura">cintura</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/cintura" class="extiw" title="gl:cintura">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/calibro#Italian" title="calibro">calibro</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/calibro" class="extiw" title="it:calibro">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/cintura#Portuguese" title="cintura">cintura</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/cintura" class="extiw" title="pt:cintura">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/cintura#Spanish" title="cintura">cintura</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cintura" class="extiw" title="es:cintura">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=girth&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">girth</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/girths#English" title="girths">girths</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/girthing#English" title="girthing">girthing</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/girthed#English" title="girthed">girthed</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>To bind as if with a girth or band.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=girth&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/grith#English" title="grith">grith</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/right#English" title="right">right</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=girth&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Middle English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=girth&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=girth&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">girth</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/grith#Middle_English" title="grith">grith</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=girth&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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