girt

plural girts

1. A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.

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   There are various ways of tying rafters to sidewalls, and the choices may vary depending on roof pitch. One of the most common is the use of “birdsmouths” cut into the rafter. A notch is cut into the rafter so that the rafter bears down flat upon the doubled top plate of stick framing, or upon the girt in heavy timber framing.

   2013, Rob Roy, “Basic Timber Frame Structure”, in Timber Framing for the Rest of Us: A Guide to Contemporary Post and Beam Construction, Gabriola Island, B.C.: New Society Publishers, →ISBN

present singular third person girts · participle present girting · participle past girted · past girted

1. To gird.
2. To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
3. To measure the girth of.

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of gird

   Eighty Poles, each of one Foot high, were erected for this purpoſe, and very ſtrong Cords of the bigneſs of Packthread were faſtned by Hooks to many Bandages, which the Workmen had girt round my Neck, my Hands, my Body, and my Legs.

   1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 20

1. not comparablenauticalBound 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.

present singular third person girts · participle present girting · participle past girted · past girted

1. nauticalto capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.

1. UKalternativenot comparablerural dialectAlternative spelling of gurt in the sense 'great'.

comparative more girt · superlative most girt

1. Australia(Of a country) To by surrounded by sea.

   Americans being so mad about Australia being better in the olympic swimming is soooooo good like you guys aren't even girt how can you think for a second you make for good competition?

   2024 July 28, @r7nzy, X (post)