- a simple past tense and past participle of gird1.
- an uncommon variant of gird1 (def. 1).
- a variant of girth.
- Carpentry.
- a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
- a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- (in certain hand presses) one of a pair of leather straps having one end fastened to the bed and the other to the rounce, for drawing the bed under the platen.
- a past tense and past participle of gird 1
- moored securely to prevent swinging
- to bind or encircle; gird
- to measure the girth of (something)