(gûrt) v.t.
1. To gird.
2. To measure the girth of.
3. To fasten with a girth, strap, etc.
—v.i.
4. To measure in girth.
—noun Girth. [<GIRD¹; also partly <noun]

(gûrt)
Past tense and past participle of GIRD¹.
—adjective
1. Encircled; bound or fastened with a girth or girdle.
2. Naut. Moored with taut cables, so as to prevent swinging by wind or tide, as a vessel.
3. Entomol. Braced, as a chrysalis.