cinch, girth
(noun) stable gear consisting of a band around a horseās belly that holds the saddle in place
girth
(noun) the distance around a personās body
cinch, girth
(verb) tie a cinch around; ācinch horsesā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
girth (countable and uncountable, plural girths)
A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
(informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
• Addison
A small horizontal brace or girder.
The distance measured around an object.
(graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
• circumference
• cinch
girth (third-person singular simple present girths, present participle girthing, simple past and past participle girthed)
To bind as if with a girth or band.
• grith, right
Source: Wiktionary
Girth, n. Etym: [Icel. gjƶr girdle, or ger girth; akin to Goth. gaĆrda girdle. See Gird to girt, and cf. Girdle, n.]
1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
2. The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything. He's a lu sty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth. Addison.
3. A small horizontal brace or girder.
Girth, v. t. Etym: [From Girth, n., cf. Girt, v. t.]
Definition: To bind as with a girth. [R.] Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; ātheir business venture was doomed from the startā; āan ill-fated business ventureā; āan ill-starred romanceā; āthe unlucky prisoner was again put in ironsā- W.H.Prescott
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
