- a belt or girth that passes around the belly of a horse and over the blanket, pack, saddle, etc., and is buckled on the horse's back.
- a beltlike fastening for a garment, especially a cassock.
- a girth for a horse which goes around the body, used esp with a racing saddle
- the belt worn with a cassock
- to put a surcingle on or over (a horse)
