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through-gird

through-gird verb: to pierce all the way through with a sword, spear, or the like.

Verb

through-gird (third-person singular simple present through-girds, present participle through-girding, simple past and past participle through-girt)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To pierce all the way through with a sword, spear, or the like.

Forms of through-gird

third-person singular presentthrough-girds
present participlethrough-girding
past participlethrough-girt
pastthrough-girt

Origin of through-gird

From Middle English thurghgirden (“to run through, pierce”), from thurgh- (“thorough-”) + girden (“to strike”), from girde, ȝerde (“rod, staff”). More at thorough, yard.

Questions about through-gird

What does through-gird mean?
Through-gird means to pierce all the way through with a sword, spear, or the like.
What part of speech is through-gird?
Through-gird is a verb.
What is the past tense of through-gird?
The past tense of through-gird is through-girt.

Words near through-gird in the dictionary

  1. through-composed
  2. through-draft
  3. through-drafts
  4. through-draught
  5. through-draughts
  6. through-gird
  7. through-girding
  8. through-girds
  9. through-girt
  10. through-gut
  11. through-guts

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