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What (who) is girt - definition

HORIZONTAL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AT AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, SPANNING BETWEEN STUDS OR COLUMNS, AND SERVING AS STIFFENERS OR AS SUPPORTS FOR JOISTS

Girt

·- imp. & ·p.p. of Gird.

II. Girt ·noun ·same·as Girth.

III. Girt ·Impf & ·p.p. of Gird.

IV. Girt ·adj 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.

V. Girt ·v To Gird; to Encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.

girt

girt¹

past participle of gird¹.

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girt²

¦ noun old-fashioned term for girth.

girt

n.; (also girth)

1.

Belly-band.

2.

Circumference, distance around.

Wikipedia

Girt

In architecture or structural engineering, a girt, also known as a sheeting rail, is a horizontal structural member in a framed wall. Girts provide lateral support to the wall panel, primarily, to resist wind loads.

A comparable element in roof construction is a purlin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girt

Examples of use of girt

1. The story is set in a castle on sea–girt Mont St Michel in fin–de–si';cle France, with more than a nod to De Sade‘s cannibal Minski and his lake–surrounded castle with its torture chamber and captive virgins.