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girts

girts is the plural of girt.

girts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of girt.

Meaning of girt

Noun

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.
    • 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...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

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Questions about girts

What is girts the plural of?
Girts is the plural of girt.

Words near girts in the dictionary

  1. girting
  2. girtline
  3. girtlines
  4. Girton
  5. Girtons
  6. girts
  7. girus
  8. giruses
  9. Girvan
  10. Girvan-Newman algorithm
  11. Girvans

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