Verb: girt gurt
- Bind with something round or circular
"The knight girted himself with his sword belt";
- gird, encircle
- Put a girdle on or around
"girt your loins";
- girdle, gird
- Prepare oneself for a military confrontation
"The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East";
- arm, build up, fortify
Derived forms: girted, girts, girting
Type of: bind, border, environ, fix, gear up, prepare, ready, ring, set, set up, skirt, surround
Encyclopedia: Girt
Gird, Iran