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Definition of Girding
1. n. That with which one is girded; a girdle.
Definition of Girding
1. Verb. (present participle of gird) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Girding
1. gird [v] - See also: gird
Medical Definition of Girding
1. That with which one is girded; a girdle. "Instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth." (Is. Iii. 24) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Girding
Literary usage of Girding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... at whose sight All others tremble, thou art girding on ; And thou hast slain
Patroclus his dear friend, And stripp'd the armour from his head and limbs, ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"This word vulgarly denotes a stedfast adherence to any act or course ; whether
from the idea of girding, as used E. or binding fast, seems uncertain. ..."
3. The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song: Selected from English and American by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1910)
"And he hath not forgotten my age. [From Joan of Are.] THE MAID OF ORLEANS girding
FOR BATTLE. SCARCE had the earliest ray from ..."
4. Sermons on Important Subjects by Samuel Davies (1810)
"And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and
to baldness, and to girding ..."
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