"Gird your loins and prepare for battle!" Okay, no one says "gird your loins" anymore (which basically means "tighten your pants"), but gird is still used as a verb to mean "get ready for a dangerous situation."
imp. & p. p. of
Verb
encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields"
imp. & p. p.
of Gird
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.
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.
n.
Same as Girth.
Girt
Girt
We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, And girt thee with the sword.
Girt
Girt
imp. & p. p. of
To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of;
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.
Usage Examples
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