girt

Etymology 1
Alteration of.

Noun

 * 1) A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1) To gird.
 * 2) To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
 * 3) To measure the girth of.

Adjective

 * 1)  Bound by a cable; used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

Verb

 * 1)  to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.

Etymology 4
From, , a metathetic variant of. More at.

Adjective

 * 1)    in the sense 'great'.