girt: Meaning and Definition of

girt

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girt

1. gird (def. 1).

girt

1. girth.

girt

1. a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
2. a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
2. (in certain hand presses) one of a pair of leather straps having one end fastened to the bed and the other to the rounce, for drawing the bed under the platen.