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How to use girth in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun, verb

Girth means a band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place. Example: “He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths.”

Examples of girth by meaning

nounA band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

  • He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths.1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 8, in Filibuster

More sentences with girth

  • Not when Kanter and Adams, two mountainous players, could match the Knicks’ girth with their own.2016 November 28, Mike Vorkunov, “Despite Flash of Rose’s Prime, Knicks Are Dazed by Westbrook and Thunder”, in The New York Times…. From the entry mountainous
  • Consider, first, their absurd sartorial appurtenances, such as leggings sewn with skinny girths.2014 August 2, Teddy Wayne, “A Parchment on Millennials”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry appurtenance
  • The children are to stretch several different sizes of rubberbands around the entire shoebox's girth.1999, Jennifer Overend Prior, Janet A. Hale, Bats, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry rubberband
  • Next Carole examined Dime's back, where the saddle rested, and his girthline, where the girth fastened around his middle.2014, Bonnie Bryant, Saddle Club 63: Stable Hearts, →ISBN. From the entry girthline
  • The girth, radial diametre, percentage of sapwood and heartwood and percentage of bark at BDH are given in Table 1.2001, Journal of the Timber Development Association of India. From the entry diametre
  • You tighten the girth and he blows up against it.1997, Jane Savoie, That Winning Feeling!: Program Your Mind for Peak Performance, page 100. From the entry cinchy
  • His girth required Donal Noye to take apart a mail hauberk and refit it with leather panels at the sides.1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones, New York: Random House, published 2003, page 260. From the entry refit
  • Measured flat (not girthed) including chowkat or frame.1966, National Buildings Organisation (India), Handbook for building engineers in metric system, page XV-18. From the entry chowkat
  • Illfitting saddles produce sore backs, sitfasts, injury in the region of girth and bruises resulting in fistulous withers.1910, Albert Thomas Kinsley, A Text Book of Veterinary Pathology, page 41. From the entry illfitting
  • The signs of a cold back are usually exhibited when the saddle is put on, the girth tightened or as the rider mounts.2013, Kenneth W Hinchcliff, Andris J. Kaneps, Raymond J. Geor, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, page 428. From the entry cold back
  • You can slice some girth from your debt load with a couple of big lump-sum payments, courtesy of any found money that comes along.2004, Dan Benson, 12 Stupid Mistakes People Make with Their Money, page 64. From the entry found money
  • Park rangers post photos of the bears’ girth or, in internet parlance, chonkiness, and the public votes on which bear is really packing on the pounds ahead of winter.2019 October 9, Melissa Locker, “Holly Is This Year’s Beautiful Fat Bear Week Winner Who Swept the Whole Competition”, in Time, New York…. From the entry chonkiness
  • Youth worker Rob, 25, is 5’ 3” tall but measures 6’ 6” around his girth – just an inch less than the height of England’s beanpole striker Peter Crouch.2012 March 7, Richard Smith, “I'm wider than I am tall: 35 stone Rob measures 6ft 6in around his waist”, in Daily Mirror, archived from…. From the entry inch
  • It would be like a Macy's Thanksgiving Day balloon in a small room — Porky Pig blown to his full girth, crushing everyone inside with his porkiness.2004, Stephen Fife, Best revenge, page 19. From the entry porkiness

Meaning of girth

  1. noun A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
  2. noun The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
  3. noun One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.

Full definition of girth

Questions about girth in a sentence

How do you use girth in a sentence?
Girth is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths.”
What is a short sentence with girth?
“Measured flat (not girthed) including chowkat or frame.”
What does girth mean?
Girth means a band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

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