Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
GIRTH
cinch, girth
(noun) stable gear consisting of a band around a horse’s belly that holds the saddle in place
girth
(noun) the distance around a person’s body
cinch, girth
(verb) tie a cinch around; “cinch horses”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
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.
Synonyms
• circumference
• cinch
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• grith, right
Source: Wiktionary
Girth, n. Etym: [Icel. gjör girdle, or ger girth; akin to Goth. gaírda 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
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