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girth
(encz) | girth,podbřišník - součást sedla Pavel Machek |
girth
(encz) | girth,popruh Pavel Machek |
Girth
(gcide) | Girth \Girth\, v. t. [From Girth, n., cf. Girt, v. t.]
To bind as with a girth. [R.] --Johnson.
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Girth
(gcide) | Girth \Girth\ (g[~e]rth), n. [Icel. gj["o]r[eth] girdle, or
ger[eth] girth; akin to Goth. ga['i]rda 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.
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2. The measure around any object, such as a body at the waist
or belly, or a box; the circumference of anything; as, in
order to be acceptable for mailing, the total of height
and girth of a package must not exceed 63 inches.
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He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at
least three yards in the girth. --Addison.
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3. A small horizontal brace or girder.
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girth
(wn) | girth
n 1: the distance around a person's body
2: stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that
holds the saddle in place [syn: cinch, girth]
v 1: tie a cinch around; "cinch horses" [syn: cinch, girth] |
GIRTH
(bouvier) | GIRTH., A girth or yard is a measure of length. The word is of Saxon origin,
taken from the circumference of the human body. Girth is contracted from
girdeth, and signifies as much as girdle. See Ell.
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girth
(encz) | girth,podbřišník - součást sedla Pavel Machekgirth,popruh Pavel Machek |
Fore girth
(gcide) | Fore \Fore\ (f[=o]r), a. [See Fore, adv.]
Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front;
being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance;
preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed
to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the
fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.
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The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is
directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey.
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Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition.
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Fore bay, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a
water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race.
Fore body (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the
largest cross-section, distinguished from middle body
and after body.
Fore boot, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for
stowing baggage, etc.
Fore bow, the pommel of a saddle. --Knight.
Fore cabin, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually
with inferior accommodations.
Fore carriage.
(a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled
vehicle.
(b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam.
Fore course (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of
a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under
Sail.
Fore door. Same as Front door.
Fore edge, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc.
Fore elder, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.]
Fore end.
(a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part;
the beginning.
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I have . . . paid
More pious debts to heaven, than in all
The fore end of my time. --Shak.
(b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward
of the trigger guard, or breech frame.
Fore girth, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a
martingale.
Fore hammer, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in
time, with the hand hammer.
Fore leg, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or
multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc.
Fore peak (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the
portion of the hold which is farthest forward.
Fore piece, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of
a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress.
Fore plane, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a
jack plane and a smoothing plane. --Knight.
Fore reading, previous perusal. [Obs.] --Hales.
Fore rent, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is
gathered.
Fore sheets (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the
space beyond the front thwart. See Stern sheets.
Fore shore.
(a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of
the surf.
(b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a
breakwater. --Knight.
(c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks.
Fore sight, that one of the two sights of a gun which is
near the muzzle.
Fore tackle (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship.
Fore topmast. (Naut.) See Fore-topmast, in the
Vocabulary.
Fore wind, a favorable wind. [Obs.]
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Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne.
--Sandys.
Fore world, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey.
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Saddle girth
(gcide) | Saddle \Sad"dle\, n. [OE. sadel, AS. sadol; akin to D. zadel, G.
sattel, OHG. satal, satul, Icel. s["o][eth]ull, Dan. & Sw.
sadel; cf. Russ. siedlo; all perh. ultimately from the root
of E. sit.]
1. A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to
span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups
for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place
with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or
tricycle.
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2. A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's
back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves
various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry
guides for the reins, etc.
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3. A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an
animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton,
of venison, etc.
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4. (Naut.) A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar,
and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
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5. (Mach.) A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit
upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment
or support.
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6. (Zool.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
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7. (Arch.) The threshold of a door, when a separate piece
from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans
and covers the joint between two floors.
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8. (Phys. Geog.) A ridge connected two higher elevations; a
low point in the crest line of a ridge; a col.
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9. (Mining) A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring
along the crest of an anticlinal fold, esp. in Australia.
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Saddle bar (Arch.), one the small iron bars to which the
lead panels of a glazed window are secured. --Oxf. Gloss.
Saddle gall (Far.), a sore or gall upon a horse's back,
made by the saddle.
Saddle girth, a band passing round the body of a horse to
hold the saddle in its place.
saddle horse, a horse suitable or trained for riding with a
saddle.
Saddle joint, in sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by
bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward
over the turned-up edge of the next sheet.
Saddle roof, (Arch.), a roof having two gables and one
ridge; -- said of such a roof when used in places where a
different form is more common; as, a tower surmounted by a
saddle roof. Called also saddleback roof.
Saddle shell (Zool.), any thin plicated bivalve shell of
the genera Placuna and Anomia; -- so called from its
shape. Called also saddle oyster.
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girth
(wn) | girth
n 1: the distance around a person's body
2: stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that
holds the saddle in place [syn: cinch, girth]
v 1: tie a cinch around; "cinch horses" [syn: cinch, girth] |
GIRTH
(bouvier) | GIRTH., A girth or yard is a measure of length. The word is of Saxon origin,
taken from the circumference of the human body. Girth is contracted from
girdeth, and signifies as much as girdle. See Ell.
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