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through-girding

through-girding is the present participle and gerund of through-gird.

Meaning of through-gird

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.

Questions about through-girding

What is through-girding the present participle and gerund of?
Through-girding is the present participle and gerund of through-gird.

Words near through-girding in the dictionary

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

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