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Definition of Girthed
1. girth [v] - See also: girth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Girthed
Literary usage of Girthed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Farmer's Magazine (1872)
"... be girthed 9 feet 5 inches, and weighed 22 cwt. Iqr. 20 Ib, PLATE IV. RIGHT AND
LE FT. .... girthed ..."
2. The Horse and His Rider by Francis Bond Head (1860)
"If a horse, with a belly tapering like a cone, be tightly girthed, his saddle,
whenever it slips backwards (which it must do in ascending a steep hill or ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1858)
"The prize bull, the property of Mr. Price, Court House, girthed 8 feet 7 inches;
another highly commended bull, shown by Lord Bate- man, girthed 8 feet 9 ..."
4. The American Builder's General Price Book and Estimator by James Gallier (1836)
"0 42 " (triangular) for cellar doors, 6 inches thick, to be girthed at the centre
... 0 25 7 feet long, " 1 00 Steps for circular stairs, to be girthed £ of ..."
5. Naval Architecture: A Manual on Laying-off Iron, Steel and Composite Vessels by Thomas Henry Watson (1898)
"The set line can now be drawn through these spots in the Half Breadth, which is
then girthed from the centre for the position of the cants, etc., ..."
6. Handbook for Light Artillery by Alexander Brydie Dyer (1896)
"Gun- and carriage-mules are the tightest girthed. Their loads may be shifted to
the relief-mules at the halfway halt, these mules not being tightly girthed ..."
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