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- noun Plural form of
girt . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
girt .
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Examples
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The tree "girts" eighteen and a half feet, and spreads over a hundred, and is a real beauty.
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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"girts" eighteen and a half feet, and spreads over a hundred, and is
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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And I bought me two bullocks, one of them to ride on, and the other to carry my victuals and prouision, for in that countrey they ride on bullocks with pannels, as we terme them, girts and bridles, and they haue a very good commodious pace.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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They were all clad in fine long white albs, with two girts; their hair interwoven with narrow tape and purple ribbon, stuck with roses, gillyflowers, marjoram, daffadowndillies, thyme, and other sweet flowers.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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They were all clad in fine long white albs, with two girts; their hair interwoven with narrow tape and purple ribbon, stuck with roses, gillyflowers, marjoram, daffadowndillies, thyme, and other sweet flowers.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He assumed his human form for a moment, so as to use his most familiar senses just in case the girts were near here.
Isle of View Anthony, Piers 1990
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Whatever inconsistencies that might exist in the sills and girders will be repeated again in the posts and girts placed on top of them.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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We were having a terrible time aligning the bents and getting proper fits on the girts before it was discovered the deck was out of level by over an inch from corner to corner.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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When bents are up and temporarily braced, girts and braces are put into position.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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Its most common uses are for nonload-bearing girts and to lock posts to a plate and a sill.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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